75819 - Environmental and Food Biochemistry

Academic Year 2017/2018

  • Docente: Gloria Isani
  • Credits: 3
  • SSD: BIO/12
  • Language: Italian
  • Moduli: Gloria Isani (Modulo 1) Salvatore Nesci (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Cesena
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Aquaculture and Fish Production Hygiene (cod. 8834)

Course contents

Genomics, trascriptomics, proteomics applied to environmental biochemistry. The genome of zebrafish. Molecular responses to environmental pollutants: classification, bioaccumulation and biomagnification; environmental biomarkers. Metals in aquatic vertebrates. Molecular responses to Cu and Cd. Clinical parametrs to evaluate health status in fish. Proteomic application in fish.

 

Fishing as a nourishment. Myofibrillary, stromal, myoglobin, hemoglobin and emocyanin proteins. Lipids in fish: digestion and absorption. Essential fatty acids and production of eicosanoids; NMI (Non-methylene-interrupted) fatty acids; Catabolism of fatty acids. Mineral salts and vitamins found in the fish. Modification of amino acids and lipids and general changes in post-mortem muscle. The reactive oxygen species and the main defense mechanisms.

Teaching methods

Theoretical lectures

Assessment methods

Written and oral

Teaching tools

Videos and virtual laboratories

Office hours

See the website of Gloria Isani

See the website of Salvatore Nesci