Metabolic regulation: A human perspective

✍ Scribed by Keith N. Frayn

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 388
• Edition: 3ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The important Third Edition of this successful book conveys a modern and integrated picture of metabolism and metabolic regulation. Explaining difficult concepts with unequalled clarity, author Keith Frayn provides the reader with an essential guide to the subject. Covering topics such as energy balance, body weight regulation and how the body copes with extreme situations, this book illustrates how metabolic regulation allows the human body to adapt to many different conditions. Changes throughout the new edition include:

• Extensive chapter updates
• Clear and accessible 2-color diagrams
• Q&A sections online at www.wiley.com/go/frayn to facilitate learning

Frayn has written a book which will continue to be an extremely valuable tool for scientists, practitioners and students working and studying across a broad range of allied health sciences including medicine, biochemistry, nutrition, dietetics, sports science and nursing.

✦ Table of Contents

Metabolic Regulation......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
Abbreviations......Page 11
1 The Underlying Principles of Human Metabolism......Page 15
2 Cellular Mechanisms Involved in Metabolic Regulation......Page 41
3 Digestion and Intestinal Absorption......Page 67
4 Longer-Term Regulation of Metabolism......Page 91
5 Organs and Tissues......Page 106
6 Important Endocrine Organs and Hormones......Page 158
7 Integration of Carbohydrate, Fat, and Protein Metabolism in Normal Daily Life......Page 185
8 The Nervous System and Metabolism......Page 229
9 Coping with Some Extreme Situations......Page 251
10 Lipoprotein Metabolism......Page 291
11 Diabetes Mellitus......Page 322
12 Energy Balance and Body Weight Regulation......Page 345
References......Page 367
Index......Page 375
Colour plate section can be found between pages 148 and 149......Page 163