The goal of the course is to describe the biochemical processes and the integration of metabolism in the muscle during exercise
Metabolism and physical activity.
Metabolic equivalents and level of physical activity.
Metabolism: anabolism and catabolism.
Oxidative metabolism and ATP synthesis.
Mechanism of muscle contraction.
ATP and phosphocreatine.
Aerobic and anaerobic metabolism.
Structure and function of haemoglobin and myoglobin.
Glucose metabolism.
Glycolysis, glycogensynthesis and glycogenlysis.
Fermentation homolactic.
Cori cycle.
Krebs cycle.
Metabolism of acetyl-CoA in muscle tissue.
Lipid metabolism during exercise.
Plasma lipoproteins.
Fatty acid oxidation in muscle
Ketone bodies.
Metabolism of proteins and amino acids in the muscle during exercise.
Branched chain amino acids.
Transamination.
Deamination.
Urea cycle.
Glucogenic and ketogenic amino acids
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