Basics of Human Metabolism

Undergraduate

examines how we digest, absorb, and metabolize carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and micronutrients. Students will learn the processes involved in human metabolism including glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, amino acid metabolism, the pentose phosphate pathway, fatty acid metabolism, oxidative phosphorylation and ATP synthesis, and triacylglycerol synthesis and storage. These topics will be presented in the context of linking metabolism and health.