Overview

This book is concerned with protein metabolism at the physiological, not the molecular level and particularly with studies on human beings. Protein turnover is a vital function, no less important than oxygen turnover, because of this over the last 20 years there has been an increase in the research on protein turnover in man, with parallel work on farm animals. Methods that have been used for measuring whole body protein turnover in man, the underlying problems and assumptions and the problems that have been encountered are discussed in this comprehensive book.

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Author:   J. C. Waterlow (formerly of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK)
Publisher:   CABI Publishing
Imprint:   CABI Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.835kg
ISBN:  

9780851996134

ISBN 10:   0851996132
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   26 May 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

1: Basic Principles 2: Models and their analysis 3: Free amino acids: their pools, kinetics and transport 4: Metabolism of some amino acids 5: The precursor problem 6: Whole body protein turnover measured by the precursor method 7: Measurement of whole body protein turnover by the end-product method 8: Amino acid oxidation and urea metabolism 9: The effects of food and hormones on protein turnover in the whole body and regions 10: Adaptation to different protein intakes: Protein and amino acid requirements 11: Physiological determinants of protein turnover 12: Whole body protein turnover during growth and in pregnancy and lactation 13: Whole body protein turnover in some pathological states 14: Tissue protein turnover 15: Protein synthesis in individual tissues and the effects of food and hormones 16: Turnover of plasma proteins 17: Collagen turnover 18: Mechanisms of synthesis and breakdown

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