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lectures 1-3: GI tract, digestion of carbs & proteins
Absorptionm,
Oral cavity,
Stomach
53
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lecture 4: lipid digestion & absorption
4 major roles of lipids in the body,
Acylglycerols,
Why is fat the preferred storage ...
23
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lecture 5: amino acid metabolism 1
Why don t amino acids have a stor...,
Protein turnover,
Free amino acid pool remains cons...
27
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lecture 6: amino acid metabolism 2
Post absorptive state,
Early starvation state,
Longer term starvation
17
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lecture 7: lipid metabolism
Primary sites for fatty acid synt...,
Enzymes carrying out fa synthesis...,
What is the building block of fas
25
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lecture 8: cholesterol synthesis
What is the common factor of chol...,
Cholesterol fluidity,
Atherosclerosis
18
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lecture 8: lipoproteins and cholesterol transport
Lipoproteins,
Loss of tag from the core of pipo...,
Apo a1
16
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lecture 9: fuel regulation and energy balance
Glucose fatty acid cycle,
Biochemical mechanisms by which f...,
Short term regulatory mechanisms
18
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lecture 10: niacin
Pellagra,
Niacin is a precursor to,
Niacin and schizophrenia
14
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lecture 11: riboflavin and thiamin
Riboflavin vitamin b2,
2 physiological flavo coenzymes d...,
Isoalloxazine ring of fad and fmn
13
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lecture 12: folate
Folate,
Folate metabolism,
Predominate form of folate in blo...
19
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lecture 13: choline
2 main groups of choline transpor...,
Main form of choline in food and ...,
Low affinity sodium independent c...
21
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lecture 14: vitamin C
Ascorbic acid,
Why can t humans synthesize vitam...,
Ascorbate absorption
23
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lecture 15: vitamin E
Vitamin e,
Vitamin e deficiency,
A tocopherol
20
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lecture 16: vitamin K
Vitamin k,
Ca2,
Phylloquinone vitamin k1
17
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lecture 17: vitamin A
Vitamin a,
Carotenoids,
How is vitamin a stored
28
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lecture 18: vitamin D
Vitamin d,
7 dhc,
Vitamin d binding protein vdbp
11
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lecture 19: calcium
Calcium as a second messenger,
Phospholipase c,
Removal of ca2 stimulus
25
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lecture 20: iron
Factors that affect iron bioavail...,
Mechanisms of iron exchange trans...,
Ferritin
21
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lecture 21: iodine
Function of iodine,
T3 and t4,
Hypothyroidism
26
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lecture 22: water balance
Aquaporins aqps,
Avp arginine vasopressin adh anti...,
Osmoreceptors
7
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lecture 23: alkaloids caffeine
Alkaloids,
Caffeine,
Physiological effects of caffeine
15
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lecture 24: alkaloids 2 nicotine
Nicotine,
Parasympathomimetic stimulant,
A7
9
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lecture 25: alcohol metabolism
Alcohol absorption,
Alcohol dehydrogenase adh,
Microsomal ethanol oxidizing syst...
24
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lecture 26: PUFA
Arachidonic acid,
Pufa polyunsaturated fatty acids,
Pufa classes in food and body
24
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lecture 27: polyphenols
Polyphenols,
Flavonoids,
Flavanols
38
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phytosterols
Phytosterols,
Cholesterol homeostasis and phyto...,
Cholesterol transporters
11
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phytoesterogens
Phytoestrogens,
Phytoestrogen in bones,
Aglycones
18
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