FSCN 4622 is also offered in Spring 2025
FSCN 4622 is also offered in Spring 2024
FSCN 4622 is also offered in Spring 2022
Spring 2022 | FSCN 4622 Section 001: Nutritional Toxicology, the basic science of diet-related toxicants (57054)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Enrollment Requirements:
- BioC 3021
- Meets With:
NUTR 5627 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed 03:00PM - 04:15PM
UMTC, St Paul
Ruttan Hall 143
- Enrollment Status:
Open (3 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Concepts of toxicology. Molecular mechanism behind dietary chemical-induced toxicities. Impact/risk of dietary chemicals for human health. prereq: BIOC 3021; designed for students majoring in [nutrition or food science or toxicology ]
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to provide the students an intellectual platform to comprehend the potential adverse effects of foreign compounds to the biological system. This course comprises two parts. Part 1 will cover the basic knowledge of toxicology, such as toxicokinetics; enzymes and pathways responsible for the adsorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME) of xenobiotics; oxidative stress and genetic polymorphism in the toxicological events; organ toxicity. Part 2 will focus on primary research by studying specific toxic (or detoxification) events associated with food intake and environmental exposure as well as in vivo and in vitro techniques used in toxicological research.
- Grading:
- 32% Midterm Exam
28% Final Exam
32% Reports/Papers
8% Attendance
- Class Format:
- 100% Lecture
- Workload:
- 10 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/57054/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 November 2009
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