NUTR 512 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Green Tea, Thuja, Phytochemical

• School: McGill University
• Department: Nutrition and Dietetics
• Course: NUTR 512
• Professor: Timothy Johns

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Need to have a central idea [main theme] which ties all other small ideas together. Research at least 2 yr (majority, <5 yrs) Focus on the mechanism of green tea extract. As long as it meet the criteria for the paper. Don"t need to memorize scientific name, can even write in chinese. Other type: give the name and i write the use (ex. Medicinal (make you sweat), physiological and toxicological activities. Lipid: fa, tg and other esters, pl, glycolipid. Plant defense: deter herbivore, protect against infection; reduce environmental stress. Plant reproduction: attract pollinator (pigment); improve seed dispersal (volatile, pigment), seed dispoersal and viability. Black-eyed susan (rudbeckia sp. ) as seen by human. What human see and the insect see are different. Sugar attach to other components that contain s, n. 3 diff component: core + sugar + cns complex. Tropaeolum majus nasturtium; capucine (look at the structure)