CARBOHYDRATES Flashcards
SIMPLIEST CARBOHYDRATE
GLYCOL ALDEHYDE
IT MAKES GLUCOSE AN ACTIVE REDUCING SUBSTANCE
DOUBLE BOND AND NEGATIVE CHARGE IN ENOLASE
MOST COMMON REDUCING SUGAR
SUCROSE
IS THE ONLY CARBOHYDRATE THAT IS DIRECTLY USED FOR ENERGY OR GLYCOGEN
GLUCOSE
2/3 OF GLUCOSE UTILIZATION IN RESTING ADULTS OCCURS IN
CNS
FUNCTIONS AS BOTH ENDOCRINE AND EXOCRINE GLAND
PANCREAS
PRIMARY ENTRY OF GLUCOSE IN CELL
B-CELLS
RELEASED WHEN HIGH GLUCOSE
HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENT
INSULIN
PROMOTES
- GLYCOGENESIS
- LIPOGENESIS
- GLYCOLYSIS
DECREASE
- GLYCOGENOLYSIS
INSULIN
HYPERGLYCEMIC AGENT
A-CELLS
RELEASED DURING STRESS OR FASTING
GLUCAGON
ENHANCES CATABOLIC FUNCTIONS DURING FASTING
PROMOTES GLYCOGENOLYSIS
GLUCAGON
SECRETED BY: ZONA FASCICULATA AND ZONA RETICULARIS
DECREASE: INTESTINAL ENTRY OF GLUCOSE
CORTISOL AND CORTICOSTEROIDS
CHROMAFFIN CELLS
INHIBITS INSULIN SECRETION
CATECHOLAMINES
DECREASES ENTRY OF GLUCOSE INTO CELL
GROWTH HORMONE (SOMATOTROPHIC)
PROMOTES GLYCOGENOLYSIS, GLUCONEOGENESIS AND INTESTINAL ABSORPTION OF GLUCOSE
THYROID HORMONES
STIMULATES RELEASE OF CORTISOL
PROMOTES GLYCOGENOLYSIS AND GLUCONEOGENESIS
ACTH
DELTA CELLS
INHIBITS INSULIN AND GLUCAGON
SOMATOSTATIN
INCREASE IN BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS
FBS: >126 MG/DL
HYPERGLYCEMIA
LAB FINDINGS IN HYPERGLYCEMIA
INC: GLUCOSE IN PLASMA AND URINE, URINE SPECIFIC GRAVITY
KETONES IN SERUM AND URINE
DEC: BLOOD AND URINE PH
ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE
IMBALANCE OF GLUCOSE UTILIZATION AND PRODUCTION
HYPOGLYCEMIA
OBSERVABLE SYMPTOMS OF HYPOGLYCEMIA
50-55MG/DL
DIAGNOSTIC HYPOGLYCEMIA VALUE
<50 MG/DL
HYPOGLYCEMIC CHALLENGE TEST
5 HOUR GTT
DEFECT IN INSULIN SECRETION AND RECEPTOR
DIABETES MELLITUS