Overview
- Comprehensively covers the metabolism of amino acids in all systems and sense organs of humans and animal models
- Addresses the crucial roles of amino acids in improving the systematic health and well-being of humans and animal models
- Provides practical solutions through amino acid nutrition to prevent and treat chronic and infectious diseases in humans an animal models
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 1265)
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About this book
Readers will learn that amino acids are not only the building blocks of protein, but are also signalling molecules, as well as regulators of gene expression, metabolic processes and developmental changes in the body. This knowledge will guide nutritional practices to improve the growth, development and health of humans and other animals, as well as prevent and treat chronic (e.g., obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disorders) and infectious (e.g., bacterial, fungal, parasite, and viral) diseases.
Editor of this volume is an internationally recognized expert in nutritional biochemistry. He has over 38 years of experience with research and teaching at world-class universities in the area of amino acid biochemistry, nutrition, and physiology. He has published more than 625 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 62 chapters in books, and authored two text/reference books, with an H-index of 117 and more than 55,000 citations in Google Scholar.
This publication is a useful reference for professionals as well as undergraduate and graduate students in animal science, biochemistry, biomedical engineering, biology, human medicine, food science, kinesiology, nursing, nutrition, pharmacology, physiology, toxicology, veterinary medicine, and other related disciplines. In addition, all chapters provide general and specific references to amino acids in systems health for researchers and practitioners in biomedicine, animal and plant agriculture, and aquaculture, and for government policy makers.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
Guoyao Wu
About the editor
Guoyao Wu is a Distinguished Professor, University Faculty Fellow, and AgriLife Research Senior Faculty Fellow in the Department of Animal Science. He also holds appointments with the Graduate Faculty of Nutrition, the Departments of Systems Biology and Translational Medicine and Veterinary Integrative Biosciences.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in animal science from South China Agricultural University in Guangzhou, a master’s degree in animal nutrition from Beijing Agricultural University, and a master’s degree and doctorate in animal biochemistry from the University of Alberta in Canada. He received postdoctoral training in biochemistry and nutrition at McGill University Medical School in Montreal, Canada, and at the Memorial University of Newfoundland Medical School in St. John’s, Canada.
Dr. Wu teaches graduate courses in protein metabolism and nutritional biochemistry. He conducts research in protein and amino acid metabolism at molecular, cellular, and whole body levels . The animal models used in his research include cattle, chicks, pigs, rats, and sheep
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Amino Acids in Nutrition and Health
Book Subtitle: Amino acids in systems function and health
Editors: Guoyao Wu
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45328-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-45327-5Published: 07 August 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-45330-5Published: 08 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-45328-2Published: 06 August 2020
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 220
Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Immunology, Medicine/Public Health, general, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, general, Nutrition