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ISBN-10: 0128138629
ISBN-13: 9780128138625
Edition: 2020
List price: $200.00
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Molecular Nutrition: Mother and Infant presents the impact of diet in early life stages from pre-conception, throughout pregnancy and to the infant. Separated into three parts, general and introductory aspects, molecular biology of the cell, and genetic machinery and its function, the first part of the book provides general coverage in relation to diet and nutrition, pregnancy, placenta, weight gain, breast milk, feeding practices, gestational disease, glucose metabolism, immunity, vitamins and minerals. Part two addresses fetal programming, bioactive compounds, amino acids, intrauterine growth, one carbon metabolism, overnutrition, mitochondrial function, signalling, high fat diets,… vascular function, and caffeine. Finally, part three presents genetic risk factors, polymorphisms, folic acid genes, DNA methylation, genes involved in lipid metabolism, microRNAs, epigenetics, transcriptomics and micro RNA. This book is sure to be a welcomed reference for research scientists and practitioners, including nutritionists and dieticians.