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• 21:20, 15 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+99)‎ . . N Ketogenesis ‎ (Created page with "Ketogenesis is the process by which ketone bodies are produced as a result of fatty acid breakdown.")
• 21:19, 15 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+25)‎ . . N Acetyl CoA ‎ (Redirected page to Acetyl-CoA) (current)
• 21:19, 15 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+31)‎ . . N Oxaloacetate ‎ (Redirected page to Oxaloacetic acid) (current)
• 21:18, 15 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+326)‎ . . N Homocysteine ‎ (Created page with "Homocysteine is a non-protein amino acid. It is a homologue of the amino acid cysteine, differing by an additional methylene bridge (-CH2-). It is biosynthesized from methionine ...") (current)
• 21:18, 15 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+198)‎ . . N Cystathionine beta-synthase ‎ (Created page with "Cystathionine-β-synthase, also known as CBS, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CBS gene. It catalyzes the first step of the transsulfuration pathway, from homocystei...") (current)
• 21:43, 14 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-6)‎ . . Fetal alcohol syndrome ‎ (current)
• 21:43, 14 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+173)‎ . . N Fetal alcohol syndrome ‎ (Created page with "Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a pattern of mental and physical defects that can develop in a fetus in association with high levels of alcohol consumption during pregnancy.")
• 21:40, 14 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+626)‎ . . N Alcohol dehydrogenase ‎ (Created page with "Alcohol dehydrogenases (ADH) are a group of dehydrogenase enzymes that occur in many organisms and facilitate the interconversion between alcohols and aldehydes or ketones with t...") (current)
• 21:40, 14 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+510)‎ . . N Congener ‎ (Created page with "In the alcoholic beverages industry, congeners are substances produced during fermentation. These substances include small amounts of chemicals such as other alcohols (known as f...") (current)
• 21:38, 14 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+691)‎ . . N Fatty liver ‎ (Created page with "Fatty liver, also known as fatty liver disease (FLD), is a reversible condition where large vacuoles of triglyceride fat accumulate in liver cells via the process of steatosis (i...") (current)
• 21:38, 14 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+12)‎ . . Cirrhosis ‎ (current)
• 21:33, 14 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+671)‎ . . N Bill Moyers ‎ (Created page with "Bill D. Moyers (born June 5, 1934) is an American journalist and liberal public commentator. He served as White House Press Secretary in the Johnson administration from 1965 to 1...") (current)
• 21:33, 14 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+137)‎ . . N Walter Cronkite ‎ (Created page with "Walter Leland Cronkite was an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–1981).") (current)
• 21:33, 14 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+623)‎ . . N Probity ‎ (Created page with "'''Meaning''' Absolute honesty and uprightness. '''Sentence''' Her unquestioned probity helped win her the respect of her fellow judges. '''Commentary''' Probity is a qua...") (current)
• 21:44, 13 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+95)‎ . . N Krill ‎ (Created page with "Krill are small crustaceans of the order Euphausiacea, and are found in all the world's oceans.") (current)
• 21:44, 13 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+189)‎ . . N Omega-3 fatty acid ‎ (Created page with "Omega-3 fatty acids (also called ω−3 fatty acids or n−3 fatty acid) refers to a group of three fats called ALA (found in plant oils), EPA, and DHA (both commonly found in ma...") (current)
• 21:43, 13 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+197)‎ . . N Vitamin A ‎ (Created page with "Vitamin A is a group of nutritionally unsaturated hydrocarbons, which include retinol, retinal, retinoic acid, and several provitamin A carotenoids, among which beta-carotene is ...") (current)
• 21:43, 13 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+439)‎ . . N Riboflavin ‎ (Created page with "Riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2 is an easily absorbed colored micronutrient with a key role in maintaining health in humans and animals. It is the central component of the c...") (current)
• 21:43, 13 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+553)‎ . . N Zinc ‎ (Created page with "Zinc, in commerce also spelter, is a metallic chemical element; it has the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is the first element of group 12 of the periodic table. Zinc is, in ...") (current)
• 21:42, 13 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+785)‎ . . N Vitamin B12 ‎ (Created page with "Vitamin B12, vitamin B12 or vitamin B-12, also called cobalamin, is a water-soluble vitamin with a key role in the normal functioning of the brain and nervous system, and for the...") (current)
• 21:41, 13 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+206)‎ . . N Marasmus ‎ (Created page with "Marasmus is a form of severe malnutrition characterized by energy deficiency. A child with marasmus looks emaciated. Body weight is reduced to less than 60% of the normal (expect...") (current)
• 21:40, 13 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+391)‎ . . N Kwashiorkor ‎ (Created page with "Kwashiorkor is an acute form of childhood protein-energy malnutrition characterized by edema, irritability, anorexia, ulcerating dermatoses, and an enlarged liver with fatty infi...") (current)
• 21:37, 13 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+140)‎ . . N Nonessential amino acids ‎ (Created page with "Those of the naturally occurring amino acids, that the human body can synthesize for itself, and so need not be provided by dietary protein.") (current)
• 21:33, 13 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,475)‎ . . N Zymogen ‎ (Created page with "A zymogen (or proenzyme) is an inactive enzyme precursor. A zymogen requires a biochemical change (such as a hydrolysis reaction revealing the active site, or changing the config...") (current)
• 21:33, 13 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+142)‎ . . N Pepsinogen ‎ (Created page with "A zymogen secreted by the chief cells of the gastric glands and converted into pepsin in the presence of gastric acid or of pepsin itself.") (current)
• 13:04, 13 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+422)‎ . . N Monoglyceride ‎ (Created page with "Monoacylglycerol can be broadly divided into two groups; 1-monoacylglycerols and 2-monoacylglycerols, depending on the position of the ester bond on the glycerol moiety. Monoacy...") (current)
• 14:53, 12 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+347)‎ . . N Lactase ‎ (Created page with "Lactase is an enzyme produced in the digestive system of infants and some, mostly European, adult humans. Lactase is essential to the complete digestion of whole milk. Lactase br...") (current)
• 14:53, 12 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+72)‎ . . N Maltase ‎ (Created page with "Maltase is an enzyme that breaks down the disaccharide maltose.") (current)
• 14:53, 12 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+404)‎ . . N Lactose ‎ (Created page with "Lactose is a disaccharide sugar derived from galactose and glucose that is found in milk. Lactose makes up around 2~8% of milk (by weight), although the amount varies among speci...") (current)
• 14:50, 12 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+363)‎ . . N Diverticulitis ‎ (Created page with "Diverticulitis is a common digestive disease which involves the formation of pouches (diverticula) within the bowel wall. This process is known as diverticulosis, and typical...") (current)
• 14:50, 12 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-21)‎ . . Diverticula ‎ (current)
• 14:48, 12 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+433)‎ . . N Colorectal cancer ‎ (Created page with "Colorectal cancer, commonly known as colon cancer or bowel cancer, is a cancer from uncontrolled cell growth in the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine), or in the appe...") (current)
• 14:48, 12 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+32)‎ . . N Colon cancer ‎ (Redirected page to Colorectal cancer) (current)
• 14:48, 12 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+92)‎ . . N Diverticulosis ‎ (Created page with "The condition of having diverticula, or small pouches, formed along the mucosa of the colon.") (current)
• 14:47, 12 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+36)‎ . . N Colonocyte ‎ (Created page with "An epithelial cell of the colon.") (current)
• 14:44, 12 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+245)‎ . . N Amylose ‎ (Created page with "Amylose is a linear polymer made up of D-glucose units. This polysaccharide is one of the two components of starch, making up approximately 20-30% of the structure. The othe...") (current)
• 14:44, 12 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+421)‎ . . N Amylopectin ‎ (Created page with "Amylopectin is a polysaccharide with a varying structure; It is composed of linearly linked alpha 1,4 linked glucose units (coiled into tubular sections) with occasional alpha 1-...") (current)
• 23:24, 11 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+739)‎ . . N Parietal cell ‎ (Created page with "Parietal cells (also known as oxyntic or delomorphous cells), are the stomach epithelial cells that secrete gastric acid (HCl) and intrinsic factor. These cells are only located ...") (current)
• 23:23, 11 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2)‎ . . Glycocalyx ‎ (current)
• 23:20, 11 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+526)‎ . . N Anus ‎ (Created page with "The anus is an opening at the opposite end of an animal's digestive tract from the mouth. Its function is to control the expulsion of feces, unwanted semi-solid matter produced d...") (current)
• 23:20, 11 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+24)‎ . . Intestines ‎ (current)
• 23:19, 11 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+25)‎ . . N Intestine ‎ (Redirected page to Intestines) (current)
• 23:19, 11 August 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+427)‎ . . N Intestines ‎ (Created page with "In human anatomy, the intestine (or bowel, hose or gut) is the segment of the alimentary canal extending from the pyloric sphincter of the stomach to the anus and, in humans and ...")
• 23:19, 28 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+178)‎ . . N Stroke volume ‎ (Created page with "The stroke volume is the volume of blood, in milliliters (mL), pumped out of the heart with each beat. Increasing either heart rate or stroke volume increases cardiac output.")
• 23:18, 28 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+4)‎ . . Cardiac output ‎ (current)
• 23:18, 28 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+622)‎ . . Cardiac output ‎
• 23:17, 28 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (0)‎ . . Heart rate ‎
• 23:16, 28 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+93)‎ . . N Heart rate ‎ (Created page with "The heart rate is simply the number of heart beats per minute. '''See:''' Cardiac Output")
• 23:16, 28 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+154)‎ . . N Cardiac output ‎ (Created page with "Cardiac output is the volume of blood pumped by the heart per minute (mL blood/min). Cardiac output is a function of heart rate and stroke volume.")
• 23:15, 28 July 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+382)‎ . . N Orthostatic hypotension ‎ (Created page with "Orthostatic hypotension is the decrease in blood pressure upon moving rapidly from a stable reclining position to standing. While reclining flat, gravity is distributed equally a...") (current)

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