Lactose : evolutionary role, health effects, and applications /: evolutionary role, health effects, and applications. ([2019])
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- Title:
- Lactose : evolutionary role, health effects, and applications /: evolutionary role, health effects, and applications. ([2019])
- Main Title:
- Lactose : evolutionary role, health effects, and applications
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Marcel Paques and Cordula Lindner.
- Editors:
- Paques, Marcel
Lindner, Cordula - Contents:
- Front Cover; Lactose; Copyright Page; Contents; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1 The evolution of lactose digestion; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Evolutionary origins of milk and lactose; 1.3 Dietary shifts in human prehistory; 1.3.1 Lower Paleolithic; 1.3.2 Middle Paleolithic; 1.3.3 Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic; 1.3.4 Neolithic; 1.4 Domestication of plants and animals leading to dairying; 1.4.1 Plant domestication; 1.4.2 Animal domestication; 1.5 Archeological evidence of dairying and milk consumption; 1.5.1 Milk lipids recovered from fragments of pottery; 1.6 Herd mortality profiles 1.7 Direct archeological evidence of milk consumption-dental calculus1.8 Summary of archeological data; 1.9 Lactase persistence; 1.9.1 Molecular basis of lactase persistence; 1.9.2 The distribution of lactase persistence alleles; 1.9.3 When did lactase persistence alleles arise?; 1.9.4 Strength of selection estimates; 1.10 Positive selection favoring lactase persistence; 1.10.1 The cultural-historical hypothesis; 1.10.2 Calcium assimilation hypothesis; 1.10.3 Climate aridity hypothesis; 1.10.4 Famine diarrhea hypothesis; 1.10.5 Malaria resistance hypothesis 1.10.6 Phlorizin digestion hypothesis1.10.7 Galactose gut microbiome health hypothesis; 1.11 Conclusion; References; 2 Digestion, absorption, metabolism, and physiological effects of lactose; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Digestion of lactose by intestinal lactase in mammalian hosts; 2.2.1 Nomenclature, structure, and catalytic activity ofFront Cover; Lactose; Copyright Page; Contents; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1 The evolution of lactose digestion; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Evolutionary origins of milk and lactose; 1.3 Dietary shifts in human prehistory; 1.3.1 Lower Paleolithic; 1.3.2 Middle Paleolithic; 1.3.3 Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic; 1.3.4 Neolithic; 1.4 Domestication of plants and animals leading to dairying; 1.4.1 Plant domestication; 1.4.2 Animal domestication; 1.5 Archeological evidence of dairying and milk consumption; 1.5.1 Milk lipids recovered from fragments of pottery; 1.6 Herd mortality profiles 1.7 Direct archeological evidence of milk consumption-dental calculus1.8 Summary of archeological data; 1.9 Lactase persistence; 1.9.1 Molecular basis of lactase persistence; 1.9.2 The distribution of lactase persistence alleles; 1.9.3 When did lactase persistence alleles arise?; 1.9.4 Strength of selection estimates; 1.10 Positive selection favoring lactase persistence; 1.10.1 The cultural-historical hypothesis; 1.10.2 Calcium assimilation hypothesis; 1.10.3 Climate aridity hypothesis; 1.10.4 Famine diarrhea hypothesis; 1.10.5 Malaria resistance hypothesis 1.10.6 Phlorizin digestion hypothesis1.10.7 Galactose gut microbiome health hypothesis; 1.11 Conclusion; References; 2 Digestion, absorption, metabolism, and physiological effects of lactose; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Digestion of lactose by intestinal lactase in mammalian hosts; 2.2.1 Nomenclature, structure, and catalytic activity of the intestinal brush border enzyme lactase; 2.2.2 Biosynthesis, transcriptional regulation, and maturation of lactase; 2.2.3 Enzyme substrates and catalytic sites of lactase; 2.2.4 Hormonal regulation of lactase function 2.4.4 End products of intestinal lactose fermentation and their effects on the host2.5 Physiological effects of lactose and its metabolites and impact on human health; 2.5.1 Effect of lactose on taste and the reward system; 2.5.2 Cariogenic effects of lactose compared to other sugars; 2.5.3 Glycemic index of lactose and implications for metabolic health; 2.5.4 Role of lactose in energy supply and endurance; 2.5.5 Functions involving galactose; 2.5.5.1 Glycosphingolipids containing galactose and ceramide (N-acylsphingosine) … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- London : Academic Press
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations
- Subjects:
- 572.565
Lactose
Lactose products
Dairy processing
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry
Electronic books
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780128117217
0128117214 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780128117200
0128117206 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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