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The designation of a sugar isomer as the D- form or of its mirror images the L- form is determined by the spatial relationship to the parent compound of the carbohydrate family. When a beam of planepolarized light is passed through a solution of carbohydrate it will rotate the light either to right or to left. Depending on the rotation, molecules are called dextrorotatory (+) (d) or levorotatory (-) (l). The resulting six membered ring is called pyranose because of its similarity to organic molecule Pyran. The C-2 keto group in the open chain form of fructose can react with the 5th carbon atom containing hydroxyl group to form an intramolecular hemiketal. Since the anomeric carbons of both its component monosaccharide units are linked to each other. Heteropolysaccharides, which contain two or more different kinds monosaccharide building blocks. Homopolysaccharides Example of Homopolysaccharides: Starch, glycogen, Cellulose and dextrins. It is especially abundant in tubers, such as potatoes and in seeds such as cereals. Starch consists of two polymeric units made of glucose called Amylose and Amylopectin but they differ in molecular architecture. The branch points repeat about every 20 to 30 (1-4) linkages Glycogen Glycogen is the main storage polysaccharide of animal cells (Animal starch). The branches are formed by -(1,6) glycosidic linkage that occurs after every 8 -12 residues. Cellulose is a linear unbranched homopolysaccharide of 10,000 or more D- glucose units connected by -(1, 4) glycosidic bonds. Humans cannot use cellulose because they lack of enzyme (cellulase) to hydrolyze the -(1-4) linkages. An example of specialized ground substance is the synovial fluid, which serves as a lubricant in joints, and tendon sheaths. Heparin: · · contains a repeating unit of D-glucuronic and D-gluconsamine, with sulfate groups on some of the hydroxyl and aminx-groups It is an important anticoagualtn, prevents the clotting of blood by inhiginting the conversion of prothrombin to throbin. Thrombin is an enzyme that acts on the conversion of plasma fibrinogen into the fibrin. It also contains disaccharides: sucrose, lactose, maltose and in small amounts monosaccharides like fructose and pentoses. Liquid food materials like milk, soup, fruit juice escape digestion in mouth as they are swallowed, but solid foodstuffs are masticated thoroughly before they are swallowed. Saliva contains a carbohydrate splitting enzyme called salivary amylase (ptyalin). Digestion in Stomach No carbohydrate splitting enzymes are available in gastric juice. Lactose lactase Glucose + Galactose Lactose Intolerance Lactose is hydrolyzed to galactose and glucose by lactase in humans (by - Galactosidase in Bacteria). Such patients suffer from watery diarrhea, abnormal intestinal flow and chloeic pain. Maltase the enzyme hydrolyzes the -(1,4) glycosidic linkage between glucose units in maltose molecule liberating two glucose molecules. Sucrose Glucose + Glucose Sucrase Glucose + fructose 34 Absorption of Carbohydrates Products of digestion of dietary carbohydrates are practically completely absorbed almost entirely from the small intestine. No carbohydrates higher than the monosaccharides can be absorbed directly in to the blood stream. Hence, to provide a given amount of energy, more glucose must undergo glycolysis under anaerobic as compared to aerobic. For discussion and proper understanding, the various reactions can be arbitrarily divided in to four stages.

Benzene is degraded via phenol and benzoate, but the exact mechanisms are not yet fully established. After the initial activation reactions, aromatic compounds are further metabolized via benzoyl-CoA, resorcinol, phloroglucinol or hydroxyhydroquinone. Based on enzyme activities, the benzoyl-CoA pathway has been deduced in photosynthetic Rhodopseudomonas palustris, denitrifying Thauera aromatica and Azoarcus tolulyticus, and syntrophic Syntrophus gentianae (Figure 9. The resulting cyclic dienoyl-CoA is dehydrated and metabolized to acetyl-CoA through 3-hydroxypimelyl-CoA. Figure 9:21 Aromatic compounds metabolized through benzoyl-CoA under anaerobic conditions. Among them, benzoyl-CoA is the best known intermediate during their degradation under anaerobic conditions. Since the 0 redox potential (E0) of the benzoylCoA/cyclic dienoyl-CoA half reaction is А 1. The resulting cyclic dienoyl-CoA is further metabolized to 3­ hydroxypimelyl-CoA through different reactions depending on the strains, and finally to acetyl-CoA. These microbial activities play an important role in the cycling of elements including degradation of natural and anthropogenic xenobiotics. Such properties can be exploited to clean up contaminated water and soil in a process known as bioremediation. Not only are organic xenobiotics oxidized, but toxic metals can also be immobilized, extracted from soil or removed from aqueous solution. Molecular genetics of the genus Paracoccus: metabolically versatile bacteria with bioenergetic flexibility. The coordination and function of the redox centres of the membranebound nitrate reductases. Nitrate reduction to ammonia by enteric bacteria: redundancy, or a strategy for survival during oxygen starvation? Key bacterial multi-centered metal enzymes involved in nitrate and sulfate respiration. Emerging principles of inorganic nitrogen metabolism in Paracoccus denitrificans and related bacteria. Respiratory transformation of nitrous oxide (N2O) to dinitrogen by bacteria and archaea. Iron-reducing bacteria unravel novel strategies for the anaerobic catabolism of aromatic compounds. Exploiting the genetic and biochemical capacities of bacteria for the remediation of heavy metal pollution. Understanding microbially influenced corrosion as biofilmmediated changes in surface chemistry. Microorganisms from deep, high temperature sandstones: constraints on microbial colonization. Linked redox-precipitation of sulfur and selenium under anaerobic conditions by sulfate-reducing bacterial biofilms. Removal of selenate from sulphate-containing media by sulphate-reducing bacterial biofilms. Metabolism of sulfonic acids and other organosulfur compounds by sulfate-reducing bacteria. Anaerobic oxidation of hydrocarbons in crude oil by new types of sulphate-reducing bacteria. A mathematical process model for cadmium precipitation by sulphate-reducing bacterial biofilms. Energy transduction in the methanogen Methanococcus voltae is based on a sodium current. Tetrahydrofolate and tetrahydromethanopterin compared: functionally distinct carriers in C-1 metabolism. Methyl-coenzyme M reductase and the anaerobic oxidation of methane in methanotrophic Archaea. Acetate C-C bond formation and decomposition in the anaerobic world: the structure of a central enzyme and its key active-site metal cluster. Reductive dehalogenation of tetrachloroethylene by microorganisms: current knowledge and application strategies.

The same applied when the study population was categorized as gouty/nongouty patients. Clinical evaluation showed a maintained general status, diffuse non-palpable purpura and tonsillopharyngitis. Malaria prophylaxis (A-P) had been prescribed by his general practitioner and accurately taken. Supportive care included administration of Granulocyte­ Colony Stimulating Factors, platelet and red blood cells transfusion. There was no indication in switching the patient to hemodialysis since extracorporeal clearance of proguanil is limited due to high protein binding (75%) and very high distribution volume (42L/kg). Treatment is based on discontinuing the drug, administration of folinic acid and supportive care. Poster Thursday Peritoneal Dialysis - 1 Phase Angle and Extracellular Mass to Body Cell Mass Ratio in Peritoneal Dialysis Ana T. Our population is prone to a poorer cardiovascular prognosis and eventually malnutrition, considering these cut-offs. The endpoints included all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality and cardiovascular events. Multivariable Cox regression was used to identify the associations between ambulatory blood pressure and endpoints. Subsequently, multivariable logistic regression was conducted to identify factors associated with elevated pulse pressure. We recorded essential demographic, clinical and laboratory data at baseline, 6, 12 and 24 months. In peritoneal dialysis, patients with high peritoneal transport tend to have enhanced clearance of small solutes and shows low ultrafiltration capacity and higher inflammatory state, that impacts negatively in nutritional status. Weight and height were measured using standard procedures and body composition was assessed by multifrequency bioelectrical impedance analysis. Intervention studies to elucidate the best nutritional approach should be designed to improve nutritional status in this population. Methods: Current strategies to detect peritonitis rely on crude signs and symptoms ­ predominantly cloudy spent dialysate and abdominal pain ­ an insensitive and nonspecific approach. With the CloudCath monitoring system, the intent is to automatically and quantitively monitor the turbidity of the effluent fluid. We evaluated the CloudCath monitoring device which includes a cloud-based algorithmic solution for early detection of the patient condition associated with peritonitis. In some cases, the device was able to provide indicators of impending peritonitis, before standard laboratory values met accepted diagnostic criteria peritonitis. Conclusions: Early detection of peritonitis can lead to earlier clinical intervention and a better clinical response, relative to the current standard of care. Funding: Commercial Support - CloudCath Poster Thursday Peritoneal Dialysis - 1 Hazard ratio of peritonitis, adjusted for case mix. Hence, there are no definitive evidence based recommendations to support which technique may be superior. Secondary outcome was death and transplant censored complication free catheter survival at 1 year. Death and transplant censored complication free catheter survival rate at one year was 87. Background: Peritonitis is one of the major peritoneal dialysis complications and an important cause of technique failure. Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. However, it is unclear that the prevention and prediction of endogenous peritonitis. Therefore, we added these six factors as confounding factors with current and previous smoking history in the univariate logistic regression models.

Excess selenium intake interferes with zinc bioavailability, decreases tissue iron stores, and increases copper concentrations in the heart, liver, and kidney. In seafoods, selenium is combined with mercury or methyl mercury and this interaction may be one of the factors that decreases the bioavailability of selenium in these foods. Indeed, well-known antagonistic interactions of selenium with both mercury and arsenic suggest that selenium can promote detoxification effects with respect to these toxins. Elemental iodine (0) is a soft blue­black solid, which sublimes readily to form a violet gas. The principal industrial uses of iodine are in the pharmaceutical industry, medical and sanitary uses. Naturally occurring iodine minerals are rare and occur usually in the form of calcium iodates. Commercial production of iodine is largely restricted to extraction from Chilean deposits of nitrates (saltpeter) and iodine in caliche (soluble salts precipitated by evaporation), and from concentrated salt brine in Japan. The content of iodine in soils varies and much of the original content has been leached out in areas of high rainfall, previous glaciation, and soil erosion. The concentration of iodine (as iodide and iodate) in the oceans is higher, at about 0. Iodine volatilizes from the surface of the oceans and sea spray as salt particles, iodine vapor or methyl iodide vapor. Absorption, transport, and tissue distribution Iodine, usually as an iodide or iodate compound in food and water, is rapidly absorbed in the intestine and circulates in the blood to all tissues in the body. The thyroid gland traps most (about 80%) of the ingested iodine, but salivary glands, the gastric mucosa, choroid plexus, and the lactating mammary gland also concentrate the element by a similar active transport mechanism. Several sulfur-containing compounds, thiocyanate, isothiocyanate, and goitrin inhibit this active transport by competing for uptake with iodide, and their goitrogenic activity can be overcome by iodine supplementation. These active goitrogens are released by plant enzymes from thioglucosides or cyanogenic glucosides found in cassava, kale, cabbage, sprouts, broccoli, kohlrabi, turnips, swedes, rapeseed, and mustard. The most important of these goitrogen-containing foods is cassava, which can be detoxified by soaking in water. Tobacco smoke also contributes thiocyanate and other antithyroid compounds to the circulation. Metabolic functions and essentiality Iodine is an essential constituent of the thyroid hormones, thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), which have key modifying or permissive roles in development and growth. The mechanism of action of thyroid hormones appears to involve binding to nuclear receptors that, in turn, alter gene expression in the pituitary, liver, heart, kidney, and, most crucially, brain cells. Overall, thyroid hormones stimulate enzyme synthesis, oxygen consumption and basal metabolic rate and, thereby, affect the heart rate, respiratory rate, mobilization, and metabolism of carbohydrates, lipogenesis and a wide variety of other physiological activities. It is probable that iodine has additional roles to those of thyroid hormone activity, for example in antibiotic and anticancer activity, but these are poorly understood. Once iodide (-1) is trapped from the circulation and actively transported to the lumen of the thyroid gland, it is oxidized to I2 (0) and reacts with tyrosine in thyroglobulin protein to form monoiodotyrosine or diiodotyrosine. The iodinated compounds, in turn, couple to form T3 and T4, which are secreted from the thyroid into the circulation. Flavonoids, found in many plants, including pearl millet, and phenol derivatives, released into water from soil humus, inhibit thyroid peroxidase and the 224 Introduction to Human Nutrition organification of iodide. The concentration of iodine in the thyroid gland also affects the uptake of iodide into the follicle, the ratio of T3 to T4, and the rate of release of these hormones into the circulation. Almost all of the thyroid hormones released from the thyroid are bound to transport proteins, mainly thyroxine-binding globulin. The longer half-life of T4 ensures that there is a reservoir for conversion to the more active T3 with a much shorter half-life of 1 day. The deiodination of T4 to T3 takes place in extrathyroidal tissues (mainly the liver). Deficiency symptoms A deficiency of iodine causes a wide spectrum of disorders from mild goiter (a larger thyroid gland than normal) to the most severe forms of endemic congenital hypothyroidism (cretinism) (severe, irreversible mental, and growth retardation). The most severe disorders (congenital hypothyroidism) arise if the fetus suffers from iodine deficiency. The clinical features of endemic congenital hypothyroidism are either a predominant neurological syndrome with severe to profound mental retardation, including defects of hearing and speech (often deaf­mutism), squint, and disorders of stance and gait of varying degrees (neurological congenital hypothyroidism), or predominant features of hypothyroidism and stunted growth with less severe mental retardation (myxedematous congenital hypothyroidism).