Nutritional Biochemistry
- 2nd Edition - November 16, 1998
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Tom Brody
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 1 3 4 8 3 6 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 1 2 9 1 - 4
Nutritional Biochemistry takes a scientific approach to nutrition. It covers not just "whats"--nutritional requirements--but why they are required for human health, by describin… Read more
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Request a sales quoteNutritional Biochemistry takes a scientific approach to nutrition. It covers not just "whats"--nutritional requirements--but why they are required for human health, by describing their function at the cellular and molecular level. Each case study either leads to a subsequent discovery or enables an understanding of the physiological mechanisms of action of various nutrition-related processes. The text is "picture-oriented" and the commentary is directed towards explaining graphs, figures, and tables.
Nutritional Biochemistry includes a discussion of relevant aspects of physiology, food chemistry, toxicology, pediatrics, and public health. Experimental techniques for nutritional science are emphasized, and primary data is included to help give students a feel for the nutrition literature. This "real-world" approach provides students with a realistic view of the basis for much of our understanding of nutritional biochemistry.
- Integrates biochemistry and nutrition in a case-oriented method
- Emphasizes a hands-on approach to learning - case histories and clinical and research data illustrate all major points
- Places emphasis on metabolism - metabolic pathways, enzymology, nutrient requirements (including RDA values)
- Reveals the benefits of the Mediterranean diet, the biochemistry of exercise, the cell signaling pathways, how nutrition can influence the development of cancer, and the anthropometry and genetics of obesity
Advanced undergraduate and graduate students of nutrition and related biological sciences, as well as premedical and nursing students
Classification of Biological Structures
Digestion and Absorption
Nutrients that Resist or Escape Digestion
Regulation of Energy Metabolism
Energy Requirement
Lipids
Protein
Vitamins
Inorganic Nutrients
Appendix
A: Nutrition Methodology
B: Cloning and Dot Blots
- Edition: 2
- Published: November 16, 1998
- No. of pages (Hardback): 1023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780121348366
- eBook ISBN: 9780080512914
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Tom Brody
Dr. Tom Brody received his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley in 1980, and conducted postdoctoral research at University of Wisconsin-Madison and also at U.C. Berkeley. His 20 research publications concern the metabolism and pharmacology of folates, cloning an anti-cancer gene (XPE gene), and the structure of an antibody (natalizumab) used for treating multiple sclerosis. The author has 15 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, acquired at Schering-Plough, Cerus Corporation, and Elan Pharmaceuticals, and has contributed to FDA submissions for the indications of multiple sclerosis, melanoma, head and neck cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, and hepatitis C. At an earlier time, he wrote two editions of Clinical Trials, published by Elsevier, Inc. The author has 16 years of training and experience in the Code of Federal regulations, as it applies to pharmaceuticals and clinical trial design.
Affiliations and expertise
Consultant for Second Genome, Inc. (Crohn's disease), Rigel Pharmaceuticals (platelet disorder), PrimeGen Biotech (stem cell therapy), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (broadly neutralizing antibodies for HIV), and Biogen IDEC (multiple sclerosis)Read Nutritional Biochemistry on ScienceDirect