2nd Bachelor in Dietetics

Human medical biochemistry

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ECTS Credits4
Number of Hours (h/year)55
Teaching staffNihant, Nicole
Course UnitCompulsory
TermQuad. 1 and 2
CodePARA-D_DIET0018/2
Prerequisite

General biochemistry

Aims and Objectives

Understanding metabolic processes and their regulation in normal and pathological states.

Description

Citric acid cycle- Respiratory Chain

Carbohydrate metabolism : glycolysis and pentoses phosphates shunt ; glycogen metabolism ; gluconeogenesis ; pathway of fructose, galactose, sorbitol, and aminosugars metabolism.

Lipid metabolism: lipoproteins and lipids transport; fatty acids, triacylglycerol and complex lipids biosynthesis; -oxidation; ketone bodies synthesis; cholesterol and adipose tissue metabolism.

Protein metabolism: diet protein digestion and tissue protein turnover; protein and aminoacid catabolism; aminoacid biosynthesis and particular pathways.

The hormones: definition, particular characters; study of main hormones: structure, metabolism and its regulation, mechanism of action, physiological roles.

The vitamins: liposoluble vitamins ( A,D,E,K) and hydrosoluble vitamins ( C and complex B): chemistry, biochemical and physiological roles, excess and deficiency effects.

The blood: composition, hemostasis and coagulation; haemoglobin ( structure, properties, metabolism); respiratory function.

Hydromineral metabolism: water, Na, K and Cl metabolism ( balance and regulation); P and Ca metabolism.

Acid-base balance: main buffer systems; regulatory mechanisms, pathological states.

Bibliography

MOUSSARD Christian, La biochimie et biologie moléculaire Ed. De Boeck Université 2010

MURRAY et al., Biochimie de Harper, de boeck,2011

Horn, F. et al., Biochimie humaine, médecine Sciences, 2005.

Masson olivier, Biochimie bases biochimiques de la diététique, sd ed, Lavoissier, 2010

Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures
Assessment MethodsWritten examinations
NotesYes
LanguageFrench

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