TY - CHAP
T1 - Overview
T2 - Biochemical Basis of Metabolic Diseases
AU - Ofori, Emmanuel Kwaku
AU - Amponsah, Seth Kwabena
AU - Pathak, Yashwant V.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 selection and editorial matter, Seth K. Amponsah, Emmanuel K. Ofori, Yashwant V. Pathak; individual chapters, the contributors.
PY - 2023/1/1
Y1 - 2023/1/1
N2 - The modern world is struggling under the burden of a large number of chronic diseases and ailments associated with metabolic dysregulation. More than 230 million people throughout the world are affected by metabolic illnesses, and this number is anticipated to roughly double in the next 25 years. Metabolic disorders are currently the fourth greatest cause of mortality due to disease. This chapter focuses on the problems in carbohydrate metabolism, as well as a variety of other metabolic derangements including obesity, atherosclerosis, cancer, and alcoholic liver disease. However, the chapter does not pretend to be exhaustive in its coverage of metabolic illness.
AB - The modern world is struggling under the burden of a large number of chronic diseases and ailments associated with metabolic dysregulation. More than 230 million people throughout the world are affected by metabolic illnesses, and this number is anticipated to roughly double in the next 25 years. Metabolic disorders are currently the fourth greatest cause of mortality due to disease. This chapter focuses on the problems in carbohydrate metabolism, as well as a variety of other metabolic derangements including obesity, atherosclerosis, cancer, and alcoholic liver disease. However, the chapter does not pretend to be exhaustive in its coverage of metabolic illness.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85180020978&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1201/9781003384823-1
DO - 10.1201/9781003384823-1
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85180020978
SN - 9781032469676
SP - 1
EP - 16
BT - Current Trends in the Diagnosis and Management of Metabolic Disorders
PB - CRC Press
ER -