- 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)
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from Oct 19, 2023 to Jan 08, 2024
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from Nov 13, 2023 to Dec 07, 2023
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
- Nucleosides, nucleotides, and nucleic acids.
- Lactose intolerance; galactosemia; fructosemia; ethanol metabolism.
- Xylulosuria and thiamine deficiency; favism; pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency.
- Cyanide poisoning; hyperlactatemia in athletes; impaired perfusion metabolic acidosis; anabolic effects of insulin.
- Hyperchylomicronemia; familial hypercholesterolemia; medium-chain fatty acid acyl-coA dehydrogenase deficiency.
- Phenylketonuria; urea cycle defects; maple syrup urine disease; ADA-SCID.
Office hours
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