Metabolism

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Nina Planck’s book, Real Food What To Eat And Why is a novel written with personal experience, outside sources, and scientific knowledge. Throughout the book she discusses which foods are real and which foods are not, such as real meat, real fat, real milk, butter and cheese, and even real fruits and vegetables. She also discusses the importance of each macronutrient such as protein, fat, and carbohydrates and how each of these play an important role in the human body. Nina has great care for…

Explain the importance of hydrophobic interactions in tertiary structure # introduction : Proteins are organic compounds that made up of building blocks , called "amino acids." There are around 20 common types of amino acids. Nine of them are viewed as "essential " in the fact that the body can't make them, so they should be provided by eating healthy. A polypeptide chain is a chain of amino-linked together by peptide bonds. The foundation of the polypeptide is given by the repeated…

Nutrition is the science that delas with the study of intake of nutrients and their functions in the body. It also involves the study of the chemical and physical properties of nutrients and their food sources, deficiency, symptoms and their appropriate proportion in a balanced diet. (Bello, 1985) Malnutrition can be caused by over-nutrition (excess energy or nutrient intake) or under-nutrition (deficient energy or nutrient intake). We usually think of malnutrition as a condition that results…

1. High Pressure Processing 1.1 Introduction The use of high hydrostatic pressure to preserve foods is the first truly new method of preserving foods since Nicolas Appert developed the use of heat to preserve foods in sealed glass bottles over 200 years ago. High pressure does not depend on heat, chemicals, reduced water activity, or reduced temperatures to control pathogens or spoilage microorganisms. Pressures in the range of 200-600 MPa have been found to unfold proteins so that they lose…

HALDANE RELATIONSHIP AND ONE-WAY ENZYMES  INTRODUCTION: Most of the enzyme catalyzed biological reactions are reversible in nature. However, an enzyme may prefer to catalyze the reaction more efficiently in one direction over the other under given physiological concentrations of substrate or product (substrate in the reverse direction). An enzyme favouring a virtual unidirectional catalysis of an overall reversible reaction can’t escape the laws of thermodynamics. As a catalyst doesn’t change…

Acid base balance is a part of homeostasis for maintaining the pH of the body. It is necessary for the functioning of enzymes and structural integrity of proteins. In case of an unacceptably large variation in the pH of the body, the enzymes lose their normal function, the proteins get denatured, and in extreme cases, death might result. The normal pH of human blood is 7.4, the acceptable range being 7.35-7.45. In the…

Creatine is a substance that is naturally produced by the human body within the liver, kidneys, and pancreas. It resides primarily in skeletal muscle, but small amounts can also be found in the heart, brain (Bird 23). In creatine, for optimal use, a normal adult needs two grams per day to see an increase in muscle growth. While creatine is commonly taken as a supplement, it is also found naturally in one’s diet, since it is found in some animals. “Creatine is most recognized for its ability to…

When administered, sugammadex forms a water-soluble complex with aminosteroid non-depolarizing agents, thereby reversing NMB.22 Sugammadex has an affinity for aminosteroids as follows: rucoronium> vecuronium> pancuronium.1 Specifically, sugammadex is 2.5 times more selective for rocuronium than vecuronium.23 Sugammadex acts three to eight times faster than neostigmine to reverse a NMB.24 Due to its highly selective reversal of rocuronium-induced NMB, there is a new but growing interest in…

Saturated fats that are solids at room temperature are the most common dietary fats. Common sources of saturated fat include red meat, whole milk and dairy foods, cheese, coconut oil, palm oil, many other commercially prepared foods, most deep-fried fast foods and baked goods. The word “saturated” refers to the number of hydrogen atoms that surround each carbon atom. When the carbon atom chain holds as many hydrogen atoms as possible, we say it as saturated with hydrogen. A saturated fats rich…