NUTR 507. Advanced Nutritional Biochemistry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Human Nutrition (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description
Specialized advanced topics in human nutrition, biochemistry and metabolism, including the dietary absorption and metabolism of iron, copper, and selenium and their role in energy metabolism, antioxidant defence, toxin elimination, and redox signaling and food source contamination, nutritional toxicology, and the negative impact these toxins have on metabolic networks and antioxidant defences.
- Prerequisites: NUTR 307, NUTR 337, ANSC 234
- A strong understanding of basic cellular metabolism is vital for success.