SL10207: Human biochemistry (BB10262)
[Page last updated: 26 October 2023]
| Academic Year: | 2023/24 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Life Sciences |
| Credits: | 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 100 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 20%, EX 80% |
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1. Describe and explain the fundamental principles of thermodynamics as they relate to biological reactions, including enzyme function and metabolic pathways
2. Use biochemical principles to describe how muscles contract and how different forms of exercise affect biochemical, metabolic and hormonal processes in health and disease 3. Describe the role of vitamins as cofactors and coenzymes in metabolism and summarise the diseases associated with vitamin deficiencies 4. Summarise the features (with mechanisms) underlying examples of protein energy malnutrition including protein turnover 5. Describe the main clinical features of obesity, diabetes and other related syndromes 6. Describe the biochemical response to consuming nutrients, including the metabolism of dietary components, the regulation of appetite, and differences between insulin versus exercise-induced glucose uptake in muscle 7. Describe and explain relevant laboratory techniques for investigating aspects of human biochemistry in the context of sport, exercise, health and disease |
| Aims: | To introduce students to the fundamental principles of metabolism and to relate this to the homeostasis of the whole human. |
| Content: | This unit will introduce students to fundamental biochemical processes that are relevant to sport, exercise, health and disease. Lectures will cover content including: enzymes (catalysis, kinetics, regulation), metabolism of nutrients, vitamin function, protein malnutrition and protein synthesis (including relevance to exercise and doping with anabolic steroids), hormones, appetite, metabolic pathways, genetics and single nucleotide polymorphisms, muscle contraction, glucose uptake and exercise, supplementation of diet relevant to sport and exercise (e.g. antioxidants, carnitine, protein), obesity, type II diabetes and related health conditions, biochemical laboratory techniques. Accompanying practical classes will introduce students to fundamental laboratory techniques, including pipetting, making solutions, basic calculations, and analytical methods relevant to sport, exercise, health and disease (e.g., ELISA, western blotting, cell culture). |
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SL10207 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:Department for Health
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