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Decks in this class (12)

lectures 1-3: GI tract, digestion of carbs & proteins
Absorptionm,
Oral cavity,
Stomach
53  cards
lecture 4: lipid digestion & absorption
4 major roles of lipids in the body,
Acylglycerols,
Why is fat the preferred storage ...
23  cards
lecture 5: amino acid metabolism 1
Why don t amino acids have a stor...,
Protein turnover,
Free amino acid pool remains cons...
27  cards
lecture 6: amino acid metabolism 2
Post absorptive state,
Early starvation state,
Longer term starvation
17  cards
lecture 7: lipid metabolism
Primary sites for fatty acid synt...,
Enzymes carrying out fa synthesis...,
What is the building block of fas
25  cards
lecture 8: cholesterol synthesis
What is the common factor of chol...,
Cholesterol fluidity,
Atherosclerosis
18  cards
lecture 8: lipoproteins and cholesterol transport
Lipoproteins,
Loss of tag from the core of pipo...,
Apo a1
16  cards
lecture 9: fuel regulation and energy balance
Glucose fatty acid cycle,
Biochemical mechanisms by which f...,
Short term regulatory mechanisms
5  cards
lecture 10: niacin
Pellagra,
Niacin is a precursor to,
Niacin and schizophrenia
13  cards
lecture 11: riboflavin and thiamin
Riboflavin vitamin b2,
2 physiological flavo coenzymes d...,
Isoalloxazine ring of fad and fmn
13  cards
lecture 12: folate
Folate,
Folate metabolism,
Predominate form of folate in blo...
20  cards
lecture 13: choline
2 main groups of choline transpor...,
Main form of choline in food and ...,
Low affinity sodium independent c...
17  cards

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