Content
- Lectures: 60 hours
- Independent work: 120 hours
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Description
1. INTRODUCTION TO BIOCHEMISTRY 1.1. Biochemistry as a science 1.2. The
molecular basis of life 1.3. Intermolecular interactions 1.4. Water 1.5.
Biologically important elements 2. BIOMOLECULES 2.1. Amino acids; structure,
properties and functions; enzymes: biocatalysis, the role of vitamins and
microelements in the function of enzymes 2.2. Carbohydrates: structure and
biological function 2.3. Lipids and cell membranes 2.4. Nucleosides and
nucleotides 3. METABOLISM AND BIOSYNTHESIS 3.1. Catabolism and anabolism of
carbohydrates (glycolysis, citrate cycle, electron transport, oxidative
phosphorylation and regulation of ATP production, gluconeogenesis, glycogen
metabolism); the difference between glucose and fructose metabolism 3.2.
Catabolism and lipid anabolism (more about cholesterol metabolism) 3.3.
Catabolism and anabolism of amino acids 3.4. Catabolism and anabolism of
nucleotides 4. DIGESTION OF ESSENTIAL FOOD COMPONENTS, TRANSPORT AND
INCORPORATION INTO METABOLISM (hormonal regulation – insulin, glucagon,
adrenaline and noradrenaline) 5. LINKING METABOLIC PATHWAYS, METABOLIC
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DIFFERENT ORGANS 6. METABOLIC SYNDROME, DIABETS,
HYPERLIPIDEMIA AND OBESITY 7. INTRODUCTION TO NUTRIGENETICS AND NUTRIGENOMICS
