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  • Molecular nutrition class overview

    【Course content】

    In this course, you learn the functionalities of essential nutrients to maintain our body. Especially, you will well understand their disease prevention function by learning the pharmacokinetics and gene regulatory activity.

    【Course Goals】

    After successful completion of this course, you will be able to…..

    1) Understand and explain the characteristics of chemical structure and biochemical properties of nutrients at molecular level.

    2) Understand and explain the absorption, pharmacokinetics, and metabolism of nutrients at molecular level.

    3) Understand and explain the molecular biological approach on the regulatory effect of nutrients on gene expression.

    4) Understand the relationship between the onset of lifestyle related diseases and the effect of food active components.

    5) Understand and explain the prevention of lifestyle related diseases by food active components at molecular level.




  • (1) The characteristics of chemical structure and biochemical properties of nutrients


  • (2) The absorption, pharmacokinetics, and metabolism of nutrients


  • (3) Intracellular information transmission mechanism for the functional expression of nutrients-1


  • (4) Intracellular information transmission mechanism for the functional expression of nutrients-2


  • (4) Gene expression control mechanism by nutritional components and biological factors


  • (5) Mechanism for preventing lifestyle-related diseases through food ingredients-1


  • (6) Mechanism for preventing lifestyle-related diseases through food ingredients-2