Biochemical links between sugar utilization, metabolism and disease
"This study shows how the concentration and type of carbohydrate source can affect various cell properties by modifying the flux of intermediates through carbohydrate-processing pathways. Alteration of the carbohydrate sources (major and minor) available to living systems can interfere with the equilibria between sugars and change many cell properties. This work is mostly concerned with pathways involved in the metabolism of fructose and its derivatives. ... This work brings into perspective the importance that carbohydrate metabolism and diet have on human health. The ingestion of high quantities of certain monosaccharides (e.g. fructose) may have detrimental effects on cellular health; others (such as sulfoquinovose), on the other hand, may be used as nutritional sources of inhibitors for carbohydrate pathways that are increased in many metabolic diseases."-From abstract.
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Electronic Theses & Dissertations
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Material Type
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Theses
- Authors
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Sacoman, Juliana Lessa
- Thesis Advisors
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Hollingsworth, Rawle I.
- Committee Members
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Sharkey, Thomas
Brandizzi, Federica
LaPres, John
Walker, Kevin
Burton, Zachary
- Date
- 2012
- Subjects
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Nutritionally induced diseases--Research
Histology
Fructose--Metabolism
Carbohydrates--Metabolism
Metabolism
Research
Fructose
- Program of Study
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Degree Level
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Doctoral
- Language
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English
- Pages
- xv, 164 pages
- ISBN
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9781267576057
1267576057
- Permalink
- https://doi.org/doi:10.25335/ym5j-5187