Essays on Arginine

Background

Wound healing is one of the most important processes in maintaining the health of a person. Multiple factors affect wound healing in humans regardless of age. A partial list includes diabetes, hereditary healing disorders, obesity, drugs, alcoholism, smoking and compromised immune condition. Infection, stress, nutrition, and radiation therapy can also contribute to delayed or incomplete wound healing (Guo & DiPietro, 2010). In the start of a wound, an inflammatory response is initiated. Blood vessels expand, helping white blood cells and nutrients to reach the wound. Wound healing is achieved through the processes of hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. Proper sequence ...

Introduction

Advances in research have brought a substantial progress in the field of nutritional therapy provisions. The current advancement has seen researchers combine Arginine and Proline dietary that have been fed to diabetic rats to accelerate wound healing in these mammals. A combination of the two nutrients has several important functions, which include; enhancement in wound healing and angiogenesis as well as improved repair of damaged tissues, help keep both cartilage and collagen production at optimal levels. It is also important in protein synthesis by working as a primary substrate, triggers cell proliferation when it breaks down to Polyamines and ...

The following essay is going to review advantages and disadvantage of pre-workout compounds and anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) and their effect on athlete health. Pre-workout compounds and AAS are considered to be 2 major enhancers of athlete`s performance in short- and long-term respectively. Among large number of pre-work out compounds like NO-Explode (BSN), The Curse (Cobra Labs), Assault (MuslePharm), C4 (Cellucor), Jack3d is considered to be the most powerful pre-workout compound to be ever created. The difference between old and new mix of Jack3d (produced since 2012) is that older version of Jack3d included DMAA (1,3-dimethylamylamine). Just like ...

Writing Hypothesis

Question 1: (a). H0: Supplementation of arginine reduce the volume of nitric oxide, a major sign of inflammatory reactions in asthma patients. H1: Supplementation of arginine does not reduce the volume of nitric oxide, a major sign of inflammatory reactions in asthma patients. (b) Sample: Diagnosed asthma patients of age between 19 years and 50 years (c) Data needed: Data on quantity grams of arginine supplementations (AS) and data on volume of nitric oxide (NO), as a sign of inflammatory reactions. Data on confounding variables such as grams of alcohol, and grams of chemical irritants such as phenol. (d) ...

Creatine is an amino acid. It is naturally occurring i.e. it is made in the body in the kidney, liver and pancreas. Creatine is obtained from foods such as meat and fish. In the body, creatine is converted to creatine phosphate and taken to reserves in the muscle. In the case of extreme intensity, short intervals of exercising such as weight lifting and sprinting it is used as an energy source. The storage form phosphocreatine is converted to the body's energy currency, ATP and used. The fact that it has this use has meant that athletes and body builders ...

1. Overview

The peptide hormones are proteinous in nature and may have 3 to 200 amino acids residues. This class of hormones includes all the hormones of the hypothalamus and pituitary, as well as insulin and glucagon of pancreas. Peptide hormones are named based on their endocrine activity rather than their chemical structure; for example, growth hormone is thus named because one of its effects is to stimulate growth. The structure of a particular peptide hormone can vary among different species, with some homology between close relatives. Some small peptides are identical; for example, GnRH is identical among mammals but different in ...