- ABI 102. Animal Biochemistry and Metabolism (5)
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Lecture--4 hours. Prerequisite: Chemistry 2A-2B, 8A-8B. Water and
biological buffers; thermodynamics of metabolism; structure and function of
biomolecules; enzyme function; kinetics; membrane biology; control of
digestion and absorption; carbohydrate metabolism. Not open for credit to
students who have completed Biological Sciences 102 or Nutrition 110.--I.
(I.) Calvert
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- 103. Animal Biochemistry and Metabolism (5)
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Lecture--4 hours. Prerequisite: course 102. Transport, physiological
function and metabolism of lipids and amino acids; nutritional requirements
for carbohydrates, lipids and amino acids, structure and function of
vitamins; mineral metabolism. Not open for credit to students who have
completed Biological Sciences.--II. (II.) Calvert
203. Advanced Protein and Amino Acid Nutrition (3)-
Lecture-2 hours; discussion-1 hour. Prerequisite: one upper division
nutritional biochemistry and physiology course. Nutritional significance of
protein and amino acids, including studies of the influence of dietary
protein on digestion, absorption, metabolism, resistance to disease, and
food intake. Study of dietary requirements and interrelationships among
amino acids.-III. (III.) Calvert
NUT 257. Selected Topics in Nutritional and Hormonal Control of Nitrogen
Metabolism (2)-
I. Klasing (Avian Sciences), Calvert (Animal Science). Lecture-2 hours.
Prerequisite: courses 201 through 204; Physiological Sciences 205A-205B or
the equivalent. Quantitative and qualitative aspects of nitrogen metabolism;
critical evaluation of dietary intake, hormones and diet-hormone
interactions which affect nitrogen metabolism, including protein synthesis
degradation, amino acid synthesis-catabolism, nitrogen transport-excretion,
depending on current literature. Offered in alternate years.
