Amino acids in human nutrition and health /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2012.
• Subjects: Amino acids in human nutrition.; Amino aicds > Metabolism.; Amino Acids > metabolism.; Amino Acids > therapeutic use.; Enzymes > metabolism.; Enzymes > therapeutic use.; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.; Animal Nutrition (Physiology); Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine, (New June 2002); Physiology of Human Nutrition.; Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Man.; Amino acids.; Biochemical markers.; Biochemistry.; Brain.; Cognitive development.; Enzymes.; Health.; Kinetics.; Metabolism.; Molecular genetics.; Nutrition.; Electronic books.
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The chapters in this book are arranged within a thematic structure as indicated in the sections below. The first part pursues the theme of amino acid metabolism through the driving actions of the principal enzymes, emphasizing recent developments particularly with reference to localization, molecula...

Table of Contents:

• Glutamate dehydrogenase / T.J. Smith and C.A. Stanley
• Aminotransferases / M.E. Conway
• Arginase / R.W. Caldwell, S. Chandra and R.B. Caldwell
• Bypassing the endothelial l-arganine-nitric oxide pathway : effects of dietary nitrite and nitrate on cardiovascular function / P. Luedike, M. Kelm and T. Rassaf
• Histidine decarboxylase / E. Dere, O. Ambrée and A. Zlomuzica
• Glutamate decarboxylase / H. Ueno, Y. Inoue, S. Matsukawa and Y. Nakamura
• Glutaminase / J.M. Mateés, J.A. Segura, F.J. Alonso and J. Márquez
• D-serine and serine racemase in the retina / S.B. Smith, Y. Ha and V. Ganapathy
• Tryptophan hydroxylase / I. Winge, J. McKinney and J. Haavick
• Methionine metabolism / J.M. Mato, M.L. Martínez-Chantar and S.C. Lu
• Amino acid transport across each side of the blood-brain barrier / R.A. Hawkins, J.R. Viña, D.R. Peterson, R. O'Kane, A. Mokashi and I.A. Simpson
• Inter-organ fluxes of amino acids / M.C.G. van de Poll and C.H.C. Dejong
• Cellular adaption to amino acid availability : mechanisms involved in the regulation of gene expression / J. Averous, S. Lambert-Langlais, C, Chaveroux, L. Parry, V. Carraro, A.-C. Maurin, C. Jousse, A. Bruhat and P. Fafournoux
• Endogenous amino acids at the terminal ileum of the adult human / P.J. Moughan
• Metabolic availability of amino acids in food proteins : new methodology / C.L. Levesque, R. Elango and R.O. Ball
• Amino acid requirements : quantitative estimates / R.R. Pillai and A.V. Kurpad
• Amino acid supplements and muscular performance / T.A. Churchward-Venne, D.W.D. West and S.M. Phillips
• Amino acids in clinical and nutritional support : glutamine in Duchenne muscular dystrophy / E. Mok and R. Hankard
• Adverse effects / J.P.F. D'Mello
• The umami taste of glutamate / X. Li
• Homocysteine status : factors affecting and health risks / L.M. Steffen and B. Steffen
• Modified amino acid-based molecules : accumulation and health implications / S. Bengmark
• Phenylketonuria : newborn identification through to adulthood / R. Koch and K. Moseley
• Principles of rapid tryptophan depletion and its use in research on neuropsychiatric disorders / F.D. Zepf
• Excitatory amino acids in neurological and neurodegenerative disorders / G. Flores, J.V. Negrete-Díaz, M. Carrión, Y. Andrade-Talavera, S.A. Bello, T.S. Sihra and A. Rodríguez-Moreno
• Efficacy of L-DOPA therapy in Parkinson's Disease / G. Sahin and D. Kirik
• Amino acid profiles for diagnostic applications / T. Kimura, M. Takahashi, A. Imaizumi, Y. Noguchi and T. Ando
• Emergence of a new momentum / J.P.F. D'Mello.