Contents (90 articles)
- Introduction
- Carbohydrate metabolism
- Mitochondria
- Production of Acetyl-CoA and the PDH
- The citric acid cycle
- Production of ATP
- Digestion and absorption of carbohydrates, GLUT proteins
- Glycolysis
- Shuttles to support glycolysis
- Glucose uptake in different tissues
- Pentose-phosphate pathway
- Pentose-phosphate pathway regulation
- Gluconeogenesis
- Lactate cycle – Exercising
- The Cory-cycle
- The Glucose-Alanine cycle
- The Malate-Aspartate shuttle
- Glycogen synthesis – Glycogenesis
- Glycogen degradation – Glycogenolysis
- Regulation of glycogen synthesis & degradation
- Regulatory mechanisms in glucose metabolism I.
- Regulatory mechanism in glucose metabolism II.
- Diseases of carbohydrate metabolism
- Lipid metabolism
- Introduction — The Basic Features of Lipids
- Types of Fatty Acids
- Roles of Fatty Acids
- Synthesis of Fatty Acids — Lipogenesis
- Synthesis of Malonyl-CoA
- Synthesis of Palmitate
- Synthesis of Triacyl-Glycerols
- Adipose Tissue
- Mobilization of free fatty acids
- Transport of Fatty Acids
- Degradation of Free Fatty Acids
- Synthesis of Cholesterol
- Synthesis of PGE
- Synthesis of Leukotrienes
- Synthesis of Ketone bodies
- Regulation of Ketone Body Synthesis
- Metabolism of the Starvation-Feeding Cycle
- Metabolic Relationships Between the Major Tissues in the Well-Fed State
- Adiponectin — Resistin — Leptin
- Medical lipid
- Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
- Obesity
- Regulation of Obesity — Hormonal Changes
- UCP-1 — Thermogenin
- Cholesterol Metabolism
- Inhibition of Cholesterol Synthesis
- Amino acid metabolism
- Amino Acids — Introduction
- Amino Acids in Human Metabolism
- Essential and Nonessential Amino Acids
- Proteins as an Energy Source
- Exogenous Protein Sources: Nitrogen Balance
- The Digestion of Food Proteins
- Endogenous Amino Acid Sources: Intracellular Protein Breakdown
- Amino Acid Transport – Group-Specific Transporters
- Amino Acid Transport — γ-glutamyl cycle
- Reactions in the Amino Acid Metabolism
- Mechanism of Transamination
- Deamination
- Glutamate Dehydrogenase (GDH) — Amino Acid Dehydrogenase
- Amino Acid Metabolism of Tissues
- Carbamoyl-phosphate Synthetase, type I. (CPS-I.)
- The Urea Cycle
- Intercellular Glutamine Cycle
- Decarboxylation Reactions
- Non-oxidative Decarboxylation
- Transmethylation
- Tetrahydrofolate and C1 Transfer
- Monooxygenation and Dioxygenation Reactions
- Fate of the Skeletons of Amino Acids
- Pyruvate Pathway
- α-ketoglutarate Pathway
- Succinyl-CoA pathway
- Acetoacetyl-CoA Pathway
- Enzymes & Diseases
- Smelly diseases
- Nucleotides
- Nucleotides and Role in the Metabolism
- Purine Nucleotide Synthesis
- Pyrimidine Nucleotide Synthesis
- Salvage Pathways and their Importance
- Diseases
- Vitamins and minerals