Why are the essential fatty acid associated with low incidence of heart disease? Cite some clinical signs of essential fatty acid deficiency. Explain how aspirin can block the synthesis of prostaglandins?

Q: Can alanine, glycine, and serine be used to treat hypoglycemia induced by starvation? Explain.

A: Hypoglycemia: Hypoglycemia occurs when the blood glucose level falls below the usual range. Glucose…

Q: Why does it make metabolic sense for the same hormone signal to stimulate glycogenolysis and inhibit…

A: The muscles and the liver respond in distinct ways to the same hormone signal, thus participating in…

Q: Carnitine is an important cofactor in which stage of fatty acid metabolism?

A: Fatty acid metabolism involves beta oxidation and it consists of the following steps: Conversion of…

Q: Ketone bodies that build up under starvation conditions act as hunger suppressants and mental…

A: Hi, Thanks For Your Question.  Answer : Our Bodies Get Energy From The Food We Eat. When We Are…

Q: Why are the protein-digesting enzymes trypsin and chymotrypsin secreted as the zymogen…

A: The pancreas is made of pancreatic exocrine cells. The ducts are arranged in clusters, these cells…

Q: Name the molecules used for gluconeogenesis. What are the sources of these molecules? Under what…

A: Gluconeogenesis is the metabolic process by which organisms produce sugars (namely glucose) for…

Q: Fatty acids appear to stimulate insulin secretion to a much greater extent when glucose is also…

A: Long chain fatty acids potentiate glucose stimulated insulin secretion. Fatty acids don't trigger…

Q: Explain why the CIS form is the predominant confiiguration of unsaturated fatty acids?

A: Fatty acids contain a carboxylic group attached to a long hydrocarbon chain. The hydrocarbon chain…

Q: Explain why triglycerides have a glucose-sparing effect.

A: Introduction :- Blood sugar, often known as glucose, is the most common sugar found in the body. It…

Q: What is the effect on lipid profile in case of diabetes mellitus ?

A: Insulin plays a major role in controlling fat metabolism . Therefore both type 1 and type 2 diabetes…

Q: How many ATP will be broken down in the complete β-oxidation of this fatty acid?

A: Beta-oxidation is the process of breaking down the long fatty acids into smaller fatty acyl CoA to…

Q: Explain why adipocytes need glucose as well as fatty acids in order to synthesize triacylglycerols.

A: Triacylglycerol is the main component of body fat in humans and other animals (as well as vegetable…

Q: Explain why insulin is required for adipocytes to synthesize triacylglycerols from fatty acids.

A: Insulin signaling is required for storing energy in the form of fats in humans. Even though de novo…

Q: Briefly describe the action of glucagons on free fatty acids

A: Hormones are the messengers that transmit signals from one to another. They bind to another cell…

Q: Explain the functions of dihydroxyacetone phosphate and fatty acids in the triacylglycerol…

A: The tri-esters of fatty acids and glycerol are known as triacylglycerol. One glycerol and three…

Q: From what fatty acid are most of the eicosanoids derived?List several medical conditions in which…

A: Eicosanoids are signaling molecules that are produced via enzymatic oxidation of polyunsaturated…

Q: How would the body be affected by a drug that selectivelyinhibited lipoxygenase?

A: Lipoxygenases are the family of enzymes acting on polyunsaturated fatty acids possessing multiple…

Q: Why is glucose provided by glycogenolysis in the liver but not in skeletal muscle?

A: Through glycogenolysis process, glycogen broken down into glucose and provide energy.  Muscle…

Q: List the four fat-soluble vitamins. Why is excess consumption of three of these vitamins of concern?

A: The vitamins are the organic molecules that are essential micronutrients needed by organism in…

Q: How is the ability to store glucose as glycogen related to the general principle of physiology that…

A: Physiological processes are the approaches by which biomolecules, cells, tissues, organs and organ…

Q: Describe the effects of a diet that includes large amounts of fructose.

A: Fructose was a natural fruit sugar .it was a keto hexose ,monosaccharide found in many plants .it…

Q: Lipases break down triacylglycerols by catalyzing hydrolysis. What are the products of this…

A: Lipases hydrolyze triglycerides into their component fatty acid and glycerol molecules.

Q: Explain the mode of action of glucoamylase.

A: An enzyme is a protein that is capable of accelerating the rate of a biochemical reaction by…

Q: Explain why the amino acid tryptophan is both ketogenicand glucogenic.

A: The amino acid is the organic acid that contains alpha carboxyl group, alpha amino group, hydrogen…

Q: What impact would an increase in intramitochondrial oxaloacetate have on fatty acid synthesis?…

A: Fatty acids are carboxylic acids with long hydrocarbon chains. Fatty acids undergo β oxidation when…

Q: People with beriberi, a disease caused by thiamine deficiency, have elevated levels of blood…

A: Pyruvate dehydrogenase is the enzyme responsible for converting pyruvate into acetyl CoA during the…

Q: Given the nature of the hormonal activation of lipases, what carbohydrate pathways would be…

A: The lipase is an enzyme found in the pancreas that catalyzes the breakdown of fats to fatty acids…

Q: Which glycogen storage disorder is known as amylopectinosis? explain very briefly.

A: In glycogen storage disease abnormal accumulation of sugar occur in the body due to defective…

Q: Explain the mechanism by which beta-oxidation of fatty acids is controlled.

A: The oxidation of fatty acids takes place in three stages.  The first stage is beta-oxidation. It…

Q: What is the function of ATP in the conversion of glutamate to glutamine?

A: Glutamine synthetase is an enzyme which is responsible for metabolism of nitrogen by catalyzing the…

Q: What is the normal fate of citrate formed by the condensation of acetyl CoA with oxaloacetate?

A: Introduction: The oxaloacetate combines with acetyl CoA to form citrate which is the starting point…

Q: describe a ketogenic diet. what are the pros and cons of such a diet. how is ketosis related to…

A: The ketogenic diet has become popular recently. This very low-carbohydrate and high-fat diet is…

Q: The disease beriberi, which results from a dietary deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine), is…

A: Macronutrients and micronutrients are two different types of nutrition. Macronutrients include the…

Q: Describe the function of ferritin in the absorption of iron.

A: Blood is a specialized connective tissue composed of two components plasma and formed elements.…

Q: How are branch points normally introduced into glycogen?

A: Introduction: Glycogen is a multibranched polysaccharide of glucose that acts as an energy storage…

Q: Can a pregnant cocker spaniel (dog) synthesize prostaglandin E2 from the dietary glucose? Yes or No.…

A: Prostaglandin E2 is considered a hormone, which plays a key role to induce labor during pregnancy.…

Q: why high levels of glucose will produce more citric acid? explain in details please

A: Glucose is the primary energy source for humans and many other organisms. Starch is digested in the…

Q: Describe the sources and fates of acetyl CoA

A: The enzyme which takes part in the various biochemical reaction and delivering of the acetyl group…

Q: Why would a cause of hyperinsulinism be hypoglycemia?

A: Introduction:Hypoglycemia is a state of having blood sugar (glucose) levels that are below normal.…

Q: Describe the functions of glutathione within cells.

A: Glutathione is a Tripeptide that was linked by a gamma peptide linkage between the carboxyl group of…

Q: Why can liver glycogen, but not muscle glycogen, be used to raise blood sugar levels?

A: Glycogenolysis is breakdown of glycogen. Glycogen has stored energy in form of glucose. It is broken…

Q: Is the statement "insulin inhibits beta-oxidation but stimulates fatty acid biosynthesis", cprrect?

A: Asked : If the given state is correct or not.

Q: Describe the roles of dihydroxyacetone phosphate and fatty acids in the synthesis of triacylglycerol

A: Triacylglycerol are the tri-esters of fatty acids and glycerol. It is made up of one glycerol and…