Week 15 & 16 Nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics, Nutraceuticals & Final term exam
The dietary influence of food and the influence of genes on diet-nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics, Nutraceuticals and their appraisal in terms of gene expression and metabolite formation
Course Material
- Week 01 Introduction to Nutritional Biochemistry
- Week 02 Nutrition and health, Nutrient digestion
- Week 03 Transport of nutrients, study of active and passive transport mechanisms
- Week 04 The glucose transporter as unique family of proteins
- Week 05 The role of specialized heavy metal ATPases as transporter
- Week 06-07 energy requirements, BMR, SDA, RQ, quantitative problems
- Week 08 Nitrogen balance
- Week 09 estimation of protein quality, protein score, assessment of protein status, protein calorie, malnutrition states,
- Week 10 deficiency of amino acids and their effects on the developing offspring
- Week 11 Stimulation of appetite
- Week 12 The role of metals and non-metals in nutritional biochemistry
- Week 13 Food toxins
- Week 14 Analysis of food including genomic analysis for GM food
- Week 15 & 16 Nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics, Nutraceuticals & Final term exam
- Chapters 14
- Department Institute of Food Science & Nutrition
- Teacher
Dr. Sobia Noreen
