Edited by
Stephen Coburn, Fort Wayne State Development Center, Indiana
Douglas Townsend, Indiana University/Purdue University at Fort Wayne
Series Editor:
Steve Taylor, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA
Description
This book developed from a series of conferences to facilitate the application of mathematical modeling to experimental nutrition. As
nutrition science moves from prevention of gross deficiencies to identifying requirements for optimum long term health, more sophisticated
methods of nutritional assessment will be needed. Collection and evaluation of kinetic data may be one such method.
This books opens
with chapters giving specific examples of the application of modeling techniques to vitamin A, carotenoids, folate, vitamin b-6, glycogen
phosphorylase, transthyretin, amino acids, and energy metabolism. Obtaining kinetic data on internal processes is a major challenge;
therefore, the text includes chapters on the use of microdialysis and ultrafiltration, use of membrane vesicles, and culture of mammary
tissue.
Many of the authors use the Simulation, Analysis and Modeling program which allows compartmental models to be described without
specifying the required differential equations. The final sections of the book, however, present some more mathematical descriptions
of physiological processes, including bioperiodicity, metabolic control, and membrane transport; discussions of some computational aspects
of modeling such as parameter distributions, linear integrators and identifiability; and alternative mathematical approaches such as
neural networks and graph theory.
Included in series
Advances in Food and Nutrition Research
Audience:
Researchers and graduate students in food science and nutrition.
