| Educational guide Faculty of Chemistry |
english |
| Nutrition and Metabolism (2012) |
 Subjects |
| POLYPHENOLS AND NUTRITION |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2020_21 |
| Subject | POLYPHENOLS AND NUTRITION | Code | 13675213 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 2nd | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 3 | Optional | AN |
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| Competences | Learning aims | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| 1.- Introduction | What are polyphenols? Classification. Interaction with proteins. Interaction with carbohydrate. Interaction with minerals and vitamins. Anti-nutritional effects of phenolic compounds. Toxicity. |
| 2.- Foods containing polyphenols | Phenolic compounds in cereals. Phenolic compounds in vegetables and fruits. Phenolic compounds in beverages. |
| 3.- Bioavailability of polyphenols | Absorption. Distribution. Enterohepatic circulation. Phase I metabolism. Phase II metabolism. Microbial metabolism, Excretion. |
| 4.- Polyphenols as antioxidants | Structure-function relationship. Antioxidant potential of polyphenols in food. Polyphenols, as antioxidants in mammals. |
| 5.- Mitochondrial actions of polyphenols | Effect of polyphenols on mitochondrial respiration and oxidative phosphorylation. Oxyradicals production by mitochondria and antioxidant effects of polyphenols. Apoptosis and polyphenols. |
| 6.- Polyphenols as modulators of signalling pathways and gene expression | Interaction of flavonoids and their metabolites with cell signalling pathways. |
| 7.- Polyphenols and health | Inflammation. Obesity. Metabolic syndrome. Type 2 diabetes. |
| 8.- Polyphenols and cardiovascular disease | Factors involved in healthy vascular systems. Risk factors of cardiovascular disease. Effects of polyphenols on risk factors. |
| 9.- Cancer chemoprevention by polyphenols | Modulation of cell cycle. Signal transduction pathways modulation. |
| 10.- Effects of polyphenols on other chronic diseases | Cataracts. Alzheimer.... |
