ClassInfo - Spring 2025 Food Science and Nutrition Classes

Spring 2025 | FSCN 4622 Section 001: Nutritional Toxicology, the basic science of diet-related toxicants (55594)

Instructor(s): Chi Chen
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: A-F only
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person
Enrollment Requirements:: BioC 3021
Meets With:: NUTR 5627 Section 001
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025

Mon, Wed 03:00PM - 04:15PM

UMTC, St Paul
Enrollment Status:: Open (0 of 30 seats filled)
Also Offered:: Spring 2025
Spring 2024
Spring 2022

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/55594/1253
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 4 November 2009

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