Nutritional Biochemistry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dridi, Sami.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metabolism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Nutritional Biochemistry

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Bentham Science Publishers, 2022.

Summary:

Nutritional Biochemistry: From the Classroom to the Research Bench aims to provide students and readers with a detailed, simplified, and comprehensive account of the relationship between nutrition and metabolism. A key feature of this textbook is a comparative approach on the subject of nutritional biochemistry which helps to explain the differences in metabolism, nutrient requirement, and sometimes in the molecular pathways between mammalian and non-mammalian species. Chapters give an overview of the need of food and water (chapter 1), before describing the cell and organ system components (chapter 2). The textbook then focuses on the regulation of food intake from the factors influencing appetite to the central and peripheral underlying mechanisms (chapters 3-5). Water intake and regulation in the body are covered (chapter 6), along with key topics of protein, carbohydrate, and lipid metabolism (chapters 7, 8, and 9), including their digestion, absorption, transport, utilization, synthesis, degradation, and molecular regulation. A brief summary concludes the book (Chapter 10). This book serves as a textbook for students and faculty in beginner courses in biochemistry and nutrition and is designed to give learners a comprehensive understanding of the topic to help them when considering a career in research.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

End User License Agreement

Contents

Preface

CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Introduction

Dedication

Setting the Stage: The Need of Water and Food

INTRODUCTION

1.1. Nutrients

1.1.1. Macronutrients

1.1.2. Micronutrients

1.1.3. Water

1.2. Units of Energy

CONCLUSION

NOTES

REFERENCES

The Cell: The Basic Functional Unit of Life

2.1. From the Cell to the Body

2.1.1. Organ Systems

2.1.2. Tissues

2.1.3. Cells

REFERENCES Food Intake Regulation: Factors Influencing Food Intake

3.1. Regulation of Feed Intake

3.1.1. Factors that Influence the Choice of Food

Regulation of Food Intake: Central Mechanisms

4.1. Classical Central Effector Pathways

4.1.1. NPY/AgRP and POMC/CART Neuropeptides

4.1.2. Melanocortin System

4.1.3. Melanin-concentrating Hormone (MCH)

4.1.4. Orexins/hypocretins

4.1.5. Galanin

4.1.6. Galanin-like Peptide (GALP)

4.1.7. Cerebellin 1

4.1.8. Glucagon-like Peptide 4.1.9. Corticotropin-releasing Factor (CRF)

4.1.10. Neurotensin

4.1.11. Nesfatin 1

4.1.12. FMR Famides

4.2. New Central Molecular Pathways

4.2.1. Neurosecretory Protein GL and GM (NPGL and NPGM)

4.2.2. AMP-activated Protein Kinase (AMPK) Pathway

4.2.3. Hypothalamic Fatty Acids

4.2.4. Hypothalamic Glucose

4.2.5. Hypothalamic Proteins and Amino Acids

4.2.6. Non-coding RNAs

4.2.7. Autophagy

4.2.8. Hypothalamic Mitochondrial Mitofusin 2

Regulation of Food Intake: Peripheral Mechanisms

INTRODUCTION 5.1. Short-term Regulation of Food Intake

5.1.1. Ghrelin

5.1.2. CCK

5.1.3. Glucagon-like Peptide-1 (GLP-1)

5.1.4. Oxyntomodulin (OXM)

5.1.5. Pancreatic Polypeptide (PP)

5.1.6. Peptide YY (PYY)

5.1.7. Amylin

5.1.8. Enterostatin

5.1.9. Apolipoprotein A-IV (ApoA-IV)

5.2. Long-term Regulation of Food Intake

5.2.1. Leptin

5.2.2. Insulin

5.2.3. Adiponectin

5.2.4. Visfatin

5.2.5. Downstream Signaling Pathways and Feeding

5.3. Hedonic (Non Homeostatic) Regulation of Food Intake

REFERENCES Body Fluid Homeostasis and Water Intake Regulation

6.1. Organs Involved in Osmoregulation

6.2. Water and Sodium Taste

6.3. Central Sensing Mechanisms for Internal Water Homeostasis and Thirst Regulation

6.3.1. Neurochemical Circuits

6.4. Peripheral Osmoreceptors

6.5. Molecular Basis of Body Fluid Regulation

6.5.1. Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid (TRPV) Channels

6.5.2. The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System (RAAS)

6.5.3. Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)

6.5.4. Oxytocin

6.5.5. Secretin

6.5.6. Serotonin

6.5.7. Aquaporins (AQPs).

Notes:

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ISBN:

9789815051575

9815051571

OCLC:

1314630377