27.02

2024

CARBOHYDRATES - Part I

Glycolysis, Pentose cycle, Gluconeogenesis, Glycogenesis, Glycogenolysis - characteristics of the processes, enzymes active in these processes, regulation. The metabolism of galactose, fructose, lactose.

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5.03

2024

CARBOHYDRATES - Part II; KREBS CYCLE; CELLULAR RESPIRATION

Glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans. Glycosides.
The reactions of the Krebs cycle and coenzymes.
Organization of the respiratory chain.
Inhibitors of respiratory chain and oxidative phosphorylation - clinical implications.

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12.03

2024

 LIPIDS AND STEROIDS - Part I

Beta-oxidation of fatty acids saturated, unsaturated.
Ketogenesis, utilization of ketone bodies.
Relationship metabolic metabolism of carbohydrates and lipids.
Biosynthesis of fatty acids.

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19.03

2024

LIPIDS AND STEROIDS - Part II

Biosynthesis of cholesterol.
Mevalonic cycle.
Lipid modifications of proteins.
Bile acids.
Cerebrosides, sulfatides, gangliosides.

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26.03

2024

9.04

2024

 PURINES, PYRIMIDINES, PORPHYRINS

The biosynthesis of purine and pyrimidine nucleotides.
Catabolism of purines.
Hyperuricemia - biochemistry, congenital and acquired defects, consequences.
Hereditary orotic aciduria.

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     16.04
     2024

AMINO ACIDS

Metabolism of amino acids: glycine, alanine, proline, hydroxyproline, methionine and cysteine, arginine, aromatic aminoacids.
Metabolism of polyamines.

   Colloquium 5 (Purines, Pyrimidines, Porphyrins, Amino acids)

  07.05
   2024

  Alcohol and drugs

The role of free radicals in human pathology - disease free radicals.

Drugs and alcohol.

  14.05
   2024

 Integration of metabolism