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Author:   J. C. Waterlow (formerly of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK)
Publisher:   CABI Publishing
Imprint:   CABI Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.835kg
ISBN:  

9780851996134

ISBN 10:   0851996132
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   26 May 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

1: Basic Principles 2: Models and their analysis 3: Free amino acids: their pools, kinetics and transport 4: Metabolism of some amino acids 5: The precursor problem 6: Whole body protein turnover measured by the precursor method 7: Measurement of whole body protein turnover by the end-product method 8: Amino acid oxidation and urea metabolism 9: The effects of food and hormones on protein turnover in the whole body and regions 10: Adaptation to different protein intakes: Protein and amino acid requirements 11: Physiological determinants of protein turnover 12: Whole body protein turnover during growth and in pregnancy and lactation 13: Whole body protein turnover in some pathological states 14: Tissue protein turnover 15: Protein synthesis in individual tissues and the effects of food and hormones 16: Turnover of plasma proteins 17: Collagen turnover 18: Mechanisms of synthesis and breakdown

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