Branched Chain Amino Acids in Clinical Nutrition Volume 1 /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Rajendram, Rajkumar (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Preedy, Victor R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Patel, Vinood B. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Humana Press, 2015.
• Σειρά: Nutrition and Health
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Food > Biotechnology.; Nutrition.; Clinical nutrition.; Medicine & Public Health.; Clinical Nutrition.; Food Science.

This is the first volume in a 2-volume compendium that is the go-to source for both research- and practice-oriented information on the importance of branched chain amino acids in maintaining the nutritional status and overall health of individuals, especially those with certain disease conditions. O...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I. Basic Processes at the Cellular Level
• 1. Impact of dietary essential amino acids in man
• 2. Metabolism of BCAAs
• 3. The cytosolic and mitochondrial branched chain aminotransferase
• 4. Isoleucine, PPAR and uncoupling proteins
• 5. Leucine as a stimulant of insulin
• 6. Effects of leucine and isoleucine on glucose metabolism
• 7. Hypothalamic leucine metabolism in the regulation of liver glucose metabolism
• 8. Leucine and resveratrol: experimental model of sirtuin pathway activation
• 9. Branched chain amino acids and blood ammonia
• 10. Use of 2H3-leucine to monitor apoproteins
• Part II. Inherited Defects in Branched Chain Amino Acid Metabolism
• 11. Branched chain amino acid oxidation disorders
• 12. Branched chain amino acids and maple syrup urine disease
• 13. Mental retardation and isoleucine metabolism
• 14. Anorexia and valine-deficient diets
• Part III. Experimental models of growth and disease states: Role of Branched Chain Amino Acids
• 15. Leucine and fetal growth
• 16. Enteral leucine and protein synthesis in skeletal and cardiac muscles
• 17. Use of branched chain amino acids granules in experimental models of diet-induced obesity
• 18. Experimental models of high fat obesity and leucine supplementation
• 19. Branched chain amino acids in experimental models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• 20. Leucine and ethanol oxidation
• 21. Isoleucine, leucine and their role in experimental models of bladder carcinogenesis.