| Educational guide Faculty of Chemistry |
english |
| Nutrition and Metabolism (2012) |
 Subjects |
| INSIGHTS IN MOLECULAR NUTRITION |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2021_22 |
| Subject | INSIGHTS IN MOLECULAR NUTRITION | Code | 13675101 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 2nd | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 3 | Compulsory | First | AN |
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| Competences | Learning aims | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Topic 1. Introduction to Molecular Nutrition | Concept of molecular nutrition against the “classic” concept of nutrition. Gene regulation and nutrient-gene interactions. Regulation types for nutrients. Research methods in molecular nutrition: application of genomic and post-genomic technologies. Trends of molecular nutrition: nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics. |
| Topic 2. Nutrigenomics. Role of nutrients on gene expression | Gene regulation by carbohydrates. Nuclear receptors as metabolic sensors. Gene regulation by fats: fatty acids, cholesterol. Gene regulation by amino acids. Gene regulation by vitamins. |
| Topic 3. Nutrigenetics. Diet and genetic polymorphisms. | Genetic differences in the perception of taste. Sensitivity to bitter taste. |
| Topic 4. Nutrition and epigenetics. | Diet and DNA methylation. Niacin status, poly(ADP-ribose) metabolism and genomic instability. Diet and miRNAs. |
| Topic 5. Nutrigenomics and longevity | Processes associated with aging. Theory of aging based on ROS of mitochondrial origin. Effect of caloric restriction and protein restriction on longevity. |
| Topic 6. Microbiota | Microbiota and its immunomodulatory action at intestinal level |
