Understanding Nutrition, Volume 2Rolfes, a nutritionist, adds new chapter opening and closing scenarios to this tenth edition for undergraduates. The art and layout have been redesigned for this edition, and there are new sections on current and controversial topics. Other learning features include chapter summaries, study questions, and appendices reviewing basic concepts of chemistry and major metabolic pathways. |
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... molecules dangle from many of the body's protein and fat molecules , with dramatic consequences . Sugars attached to a protein change the protein's shape and function ; when they bind to lipids in a cell's mem- branes , sugars alter the ...
... molecules dangle from many of the body's protein and fat molecules , with dramatic consequences . Sugars attached to a protein change the protein's shape and function ; when they bind to lipids in a cell's mem- branes , sugars alter the ...
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... molecule . We know , too , that the two hydrogens both bond toward the same side of the oxygen . These two facts explain why water molecules are polar : they have regions of more positive and more negative charge . Polar molecules like ...
... molecule . We know , too , that the two hydrogens both bond toward the same side of the oxygen . These two facts explain why water molecules are polar : they have regions of more positive and more negative charge . Polar molecules like ...
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... molecules ) , FADH2 , and GTP capture energy originally found in acetyl CoA . To see how this energy ends up in ATP , we must follow the electrons further- into the electron transport chain . As Figure C - 5 shows , each time NADH is ...
... molecules ) , FADH2 , and GTP capture energy originally found in acetyl CoA . To see how this energy ends up in ATP , we must follow the electrons further- into the electron transport chain . As Figure C - 5 shows , each time NADH is ...
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