Neglected issues concerning teaching human adrenal steroidogenesis in popular biochemistry textbooks
| Autor: | Mark S. Elliott, Zhiyong Han |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Science instruction
Health consequences Intermediary Metabolism Teaching education 030209 endocrinology & metabolism 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Biochemistry Fight-or-flight response 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Adrenal Glands Humans Steroids Psychology Students Molecular Biology |
| Zdroj: | Biochemistry and molecular biology education : a bimonthly publication of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 45(6) |
| ISSN: | 1539-3429 |
| Popis: | In the human body, the adrenal steroids collectively regulate a plethora of fundamental functions, including electrolyte and water balance, blood pressure, stress response, intermediary metabolism, inflammation, and immunity. Therefore, adrenal steroidogenesis is an important biochemistry topic for students to learn in order for them to understand health consequences caused by deficiencies of enzymes in the adrenal steroidogenic pathways. However, popular biochemistry textbooks contain insufficient information and may sometimes give students a misimpression about certain aspects of human adrenal steroidogenesis. This article highlights two neglected issues in teaching human adrenal steroidogenesis in popular biochemistry textbooks. The purpose of this article is to draw attention to these issues. © 2017 by The International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 45(6):469-474, 2017. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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