BIOCHIMICA AVANZATA
Academic Year 2020/2021 - 2° Year - Curriculum Chimica Biomolecolare
Teaching Staff: Vincenzo Giuseppe NICOLETTI
Credit Value: 6
Scientific field: BIO/10 - Biochemistry
Taught classes: 42 hours
Term / Semester: 1°
Credit Value: 6
Scientific field: BIO/10 - Biochemistry
Taught classes: 42 hours
Term / Semester: 1°
Learning Objectives
The course of Advanced Biochemistry provides students with deep knowledge of those bichemical processes particularly interesting concerning variuos physio-pathological aspects.
Course Structure
class lessons and laboratory experiences
In the eventuality of on-line lessons (due to COVID-19 pandemic), there could be necessary to adopt specific variations in order to guarantee the scheduled program.
Detailed Course Content
The principal topics concern:
- Mitochondrial respiratory chain and energy managing.
- Photosynthesis and energy managing
- Nutritional Biochemistry: caloric intake and natrium balance.
- Metabolic changes: nutrition-fast cycle.
- Glicemy control: metabolic correlations.
- Advanced glycation end products: production and effects.
- Plasmatic lipoproteins (dislipidemy).
- Special aminoacids metabolism (metionin, folic acid, cystein, arginine).
- Mechanisms of hormones activity and growth factors.
- Molecular basis of angiogenesis in tumors and neurodegenerative diseases.
- Elements of Neurochimistry.
- Biochemical laboratory.
Textbook Information
1) Nelson Cox. I principi di Biochimica di Lehninger. Zanichelli.
2) D. Voet, J.G. Voet, C.W. Pratt, Fondamenti di biochimica. Zanichelli.
3) R.K. Murray, D.K. Granner, P.A. Mayes, V.W. Rodwell. Harper's Biochimica illustrata – ed. Mc Graw-Hill.
4) Bibliographic materials.