Mathematical modeling in experimental nutrition : vitamins, proteins, methods /: vitamins, proteins, methods. (©1996)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Stephen P. Coburn [and] Douglas W. Townsend.
• Other Names: Coburn, Stephen P; Townsend, Douglas W
• Contents: Pt. 1. Vitamin metabolism -- Quantitative and conceptual contributions of mathematical modeling to current views on vitamin A metabolism, biochemistry, and nutrition -- Mathematical modeling in nutrition: constructing a physiologic compartmental model of the dynamics of beta-carotene metabolism -- Experimental approaches to the study of beta-carotene metabolism: potential of a thirteen-C tracer approach to modeling beta-carotene kinetics in humans -- Modeling of folate metabolism -- Molecular biology in nutrition research: modeling of folate metabolism -- Modeling vitamin B6 metabolism --Pt. 2. Protein and amino acids metabolism -- Interrelationships between metabolism of glycogen phosphorylase and pyridoxal phosphate -- implications in McArdle's disease -- Metabolism of normal and met30 transthyretin -- Use of a four parameter logistic equation and parameter sharing to evaluate animal responses to graded levels of nitrogen or amino acids -- pt. 3. Energy metabolism -- Total energy expenditure of free-living humans can be estimated with the doubly labeled water method -- pt. 4. Methods for obtaining kinetic data -- Microdialysis and ultrafiltration -- Membrane vesicles -- Cultrue of mammary tissue: glucose transport processes -- pt. 5. Simulating complex metabolic processes -- Analysis of bioperiodicity in physiological responses -- Nutrient-response: a "top down" approach to metaboilic control -- Modeling membrane transport -- pt. 6. Computational aspects of modeling -- Estimation and use of kinetic parameter distibutions in metabolism and nutrition -- Essential numerical supports for kinetic modeling software: linear integrators -- Identifiability -- Dynamic systems and neural networks: modeling in physiology and medicine -- Graph theoretical methods for physiologically based modeling -- Index.
• Publisher Details: San Diego, CA : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Copyright Date: 1996
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 362 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 613.2/072; Nutrition -- Research; Nutrition -- Mathematical models; Nutrition -- Mathematical models; Nutrition -- Research; Nutrition; Proteins; Vitamins; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Nutrition; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diets; MEDICAL -- Nutrition; MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Nutrition; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Food Content Guides; Nutrition -- Mathematical models; Nutrition -- Research; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080567853; 0080567851
• Related ISBNs: 012016440X; 9780120164400
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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