Content
- Lectures: 60 hours
- Independent work: 120 hours
Subject carrier
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
