Genes and nutrition / Viroj Wiwanitkit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Viroj Wiwanitkit.

Series:

Genetics - Research and Issues

Genetics--research and issues series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nutrition--Genetic aspects.

Nutrition.

Functional genomics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (92 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Biomedical Books, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At present, two important factors contributing to diseases are environmental and genetic factors. The focus on gene and nutrition leads to new emerging sciences, nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics. In the study, the authors focus on research and report on these aspects.

Contents:

Introduction to genes and nutrition

Nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics / Kamon Chaiyasit

Databases and tools in nutrigenomics

Vitamin D polymorphism and cancer

Nutrition and viral mutation: a brief review

Physiological genomics analysis on "nutrition"

Mutation prone points in transferrin receptors

Mutation prone points in MC4 receptors

Elongation of beta globin chains in hemoglobin tak disorder might be preventive factor for complication due to energy consumption in hemoglobin A1C formation in poor controlled diabetes mellitus

Identification of mutation prone points in long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency

Blood borne viral pathogens in breastmilk and the feasibility of it passing thorough the enterocytes of an infant: an example of direct interrelationship between genetic particles and nutrition

A summary on Pompe disease, an inherited abnormality of glycogen, in Thailand.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61209-417-1

OCLC:

923659403