Lesson plan / NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY I

Lesson Information

Course Credit 3.0
Course ECTS Credit 5.0
Teaching Language of Instruction Türkçe
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course Compulsory
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience? Z
Course Coordinator Prof. Dr. HALİT TANJU BESLER
Instructor (s)
Course Assistant None

Purpose and Content

The aim of the course It is aimed to learn the relationship between nutrition and metabolism, and the metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins.
Course Content Definition, classification and metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins, nucleic acid metabolism, diseases related to metabolic disorders

Weekly Course Subjects

1Introduction to Nutritional Biochemistry
2Classification, digestion and absorption of carbohydrates
3Carbohydrate metabolism: Glycolysis, glycogenesis, glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis
4Fructose, galactose, lactose metabolism, pentose-phosphate pathway and uronic acid pathway
5Carbohydrate metabolism disorders
6Classification, digestion and absorption of lipids
7Lipoproteins
8Midterm exam
9Lipogenesis and storage of fatty acids
10Oxidation of lipids, ketone bodies, and cholesterol metabolism
11Classification, digestion and absorption of proteins
12Metabolism of nitrogen groups, ammonia metabolism, urea synthesis, metabolism of carbon skeletons
13Biosynthesis of amino acids and disorders of amino acid metabolism
14Nucleotides, nucleic acids, and protein synthesis

Resources

Ferrier, DR. Lippincott Biochemistry, 2021.