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lipid
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The apoprotein components of the lipoproteins are also demonstrated in view of the recent realisation of their importance in lipid metabolism .
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This might reduce the length of exposure to the atherogenic factors of hyperglycaemia and disordered lipid metabolism .
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acid
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The early chapters give a basic knowledge of nucleic acid metabolism and chemistry, with an outline of elementary genetics.
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No patient had a coexisting medical complaint likely to affect bile acid metabolism nor had any undergone previous bowel surgery other than appendicectomy.
alcohol
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The vast majority of alcohol metabolism occurs in the liver.
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It has also been suggested that genetically based differences in alcohol metabolism may play a role.
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The principal product of alcohol metabolism is acetic acid, which is useful in many ways.
carbohydrate
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Thiazide diuretic agents might adversely influence carbohydrate metabolism in several ways.
protein
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These studies of whole body protein metabolism , however, simply reflect an average of events occurring in all individual tissues.
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It also plays an important role in lipid, carbohydrate, and protein metabolism of adults.
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Powell-Tuck etal measured whole body protein metabolism in 19 patients with ulcerative colitis, while they were receiving enteral or intravenous nutrition.
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It is probably due to the accompanying impairment in protein metabolism .
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In addition, they extend the observations from whole body studies of protein metabolism that have been previously reported.
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Ammonia, the terminal product of protein metabolism , must be excreted rapidly and diluted to non-toxic levels in the surrounding fluids.
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Previous investigations of protein metabolism in these clinical disorders have centred on measurements of whole body protein turnover.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After about age 30, your metabolism slows down and you start to gain weight.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It also plays an important role in lipid, carbohydrate, and protein metabolism of adults.
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Many polar species have clearly originated in this way by adaptations of metabolism , form and lifestyle.
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On the other hand, many scientists are certain that gigantism must preclude elevated rates of metabolism .
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Physiological changes that normally accompany the aging process alter absorption, distribution, excretion, and drug metabolism .
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The way out of this predicament was to alter their own environment through their own metabolism .
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Why should we think that metabolism is controlled, but not the vortex?
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Women also have different metabolism rates than men, causing medicine to affect their bodies differently.