- Docente: Flavio Flamigni
- Credits: 3
- SSD: BIO/10
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Flavio Flamigni (Modulo 1) Silvia Cetrullo (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Dietistic (cod. 8470)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Orthopaedics Techniques (cod. 5915)
Course contents
MODULO for Orthopedic techniques and Dietistic
Flavio FLAMIGNI
- The chemical foundations of biochemistry. Water and pH.
- Amino acids, peptides and proteins.
- Enzymes and their regulation. Coenzymes and vitamines.
- Bioenergetics and role of ATP. Catabolism and anabolism.
- Structure and metabolism of carbohydrates. Digestion of carbohydrates. Blood glucose and its regulation. Overview of carbohydrate metabolism. Glycogen synthesis and glycogenolysis. Glycolysis and glucogenesis. Pentose phosphate cycle.
- Pyruvate oxidation and citric acid cycle (TCA cycle). Respiratory chain and oxidative phosphorylation.
- Structure of lipids. Overview of lipid metabolism. Digestion of lipids. Plasma Lipoproteins. Lipolysis and lipogenesis. beta-oxidation of fatty acids. Ketone bodies. Cholesterol.
- Metabolism of nitrogen compouds. Digestion of proteins. Overview of amino acid metabolism. Fate of carbon skeleton and amino group of aminoacids. Urea cycle. Gluconeogenesis. Biogenic amines.
- Signal transduction Nuclear and membrane receptors. Main hormones regulating metabolism: glucagon, insulin, catecholamines, glucocorticoids.
- Metabolic interelations among tissues. Biochemistry of bone and cartilage. Collagen, glycosaminoglycans. Regulation of blood calcium.
MODULO 2 (only for Dietistic)
Silvia CETRULLO
Office hours
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