Nutritional biochemistry is the study of nutrition as a science. Nutritional biochemistry deals with various studies in nutrients, food constituents and their function regarding humans and other mammals, nutritional biochemistry specifically focuses on nutrient chemical components, and how they function biochemically, physiologically, metabolically, as well as their impact on disease.
Students should be able to connect the single components of aliments to the complex biological processes involved in their utilize during different physiological conditions as well starve-feed cycle, pregnancy, lactation or more frequently diseases as diabetes, hypertension and hypercholesterol disease.
Plenary Lectures covering the entire program of the course
Metabolic interrelationships: starve-feed cycle, pregancy, lactation, obesity,diabete and other metabolic diseases
Hormonal regulation
Control of glycemia
Transport of lipids. Cholesterol and its physiological and pathological role
Materials published in Aula Web
Texbook:
Ferrier et al : La base della Biochimica ed. Zanichelli
Ricevimento: The teacher receives by appointment at DIMES-Biochemistry sect. , Viale Benedetto XV,1 Genoa, 1° floor. For appointments please send E-mail to salamino@unige.it
FRANCA SALAMINO (President)
FEDERICA BARBIERI
ILARIA DEMORI
SUSANNA PENCO
SONIA VALESI
10 October 2017
Oral exam. Students should discusse all subjects included in the Integrated Course and obtain almost 18/30 in everyone. The final evaluation is the weighted average among all evaluations.
The assessment takes place only through the final exam which aims to ensure the effective acquisition by the student of the expected learning outcomes.
In order to pass the exam (vote of not less than 18/30 in all scientific disciplinaries of the course) the student must demonstrate that:
- Know the principal topics
- Be able to reason by connecting the various topics,
- Demonstrate ability to transverse and critically deal with the required arguments;
- Adoption of appropriate terminology.
