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Metabolism at a glance
- Title
- Metabolism at a glance / J.G. Salway.
- Author
- Salway, J. G.
- Publication
- Oxford ; Boston : Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QP171 .S1185 1994q Oversize | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 95 pages : illustrations (some color); 35 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction to metabolic pathways -- Biosynthesis of ATP : ATP, the molecule that powers metabolism -- Biosynthesis of ATP : the respiratory chain, and inhibitors and uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation -- The oxidation of cytosolic NADH + H⁺: the malate/aspartate shuttle and the glycerol phosphate shuttle -- Metabolism of glucose to give energy -- Metabolism of one molecule of glucose to form 38 molecules of ATP -- Metabolism of glucose to glycogen -- Anaerobic metabolism of glucose and glycogen to yield energy as ATP -- 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate (2,3-BPG) and the red blood cell -- Metabolism of glucose to fat (triacylglycerol) -- Metabolism of glucose to fatty acids and triacylglycerol -- The pentose phosphate pathway and the production of NADPH + H⁺ -- The pyruvate/malate cycle and the production of NADPH + H⁺ -- Mammals cannot synthesise glucose from fatty acids -- The ornithine cycle for the production of urea " 'the urea cycle' -- Biosynthesis of the non-essential amino acids -- Catabolism of amino acids -- Metabolism of amino acids to glucose in starvation and during the period immediately after refeeding -- Metabolism of protein to fat -- Disorders of amino acid metabolism
- ISBN
- 0632032588
- 9780632032587
- 063203422X
- 9780632034222
- LCCN
- 93045782
- OCLC
- ocm29479216
- 29479216
- SCSB-2017601
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library