Data
Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2025-2026
Course director
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Szabó Éva (Biokémia)
assistant professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry -
Number of hours/semester
lectures: 12 hours
practices: 0 hours
seminars: 0 hours
total of: 12 hours
Subject data
- Code of subject: OAF-JRC-T
- 1 kredit
- General Medicine
- Optional modul
- spring
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Course headcount limitations
min. 5 – max. 25
Available as Campus course for . Campus-karok: GYTK TTK
Topic
Nowadays, supplements and fortified foods containing omega-3 fatty acids and fish oil are becoming increasingly popular. But do they have beneficial effects for everyone? Why do we need these fatty acids? Are there actually good and bad fatty acids? The aim of the course is to familiarise students with the occurrence and medical importance of fatty acids that play an important role in the human body, so that they can answer questions like these. The course will review the occurrence of fatty acids in everyday life, with particular emphasis on dietary sources. With the criteria of evidence-based medicine in mind, we will review the possible roles of fatty acids in healthy organisms and in various pathologies from conception to senescence.
Lectures
- 1.
Introduction, description of the topic
- Szabó Éva (Biokémia) - 2.
From alpha to omega, or the chemistry of fatty acids (nomenclature, classification)
- Szabó Éva (Biokémia) - 3.
Methods of fatty acid analysis: collection, processing, instrumental evaluation
- Marosvölgyi Tamás - 4.
Physiological and nutritional significance of fatty acids
- Szabó Éva (Biokémia) - 5.
Fatty acids during pregnancy and lactation
- Szabó Éva (Biokémia) - 6.
Fatty acids in paediatric diseases
- Szabó Éva (Biokémia) - 7.
Fatty acids and diabetes
- Szabó Éva (Biokémia) - 8.
Fatty acids in cardiology
- Szabó Éva (Biokémia) - 9.
Fatty acids in allergic diseases
- Szabó Éva (Biokémia) - 10.
Fatty acids in gastroenterology
- Szabó Éva (Biokémia) - 11.
Fatty acids in neurological and psychiatric diseases
- Szabó Éva (Biokémia) - 12.
Written exam, discussion
- Szabó Éva (Biokémia)
Practices
Seminars
Reading material
Obligatory literature
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Literature developed by the Department
The presentations will be uploaded electronically on Teams
Notes
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Recommended literature
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Conditions for acceptance of the semester
Maximum 25% absence, active participation in lessons
Mid-term exams
Written exam in week 12, no make-up is possible
Making up for missed classes
It is possible to make up one lesson by working on the given topic independently in coordination with the teacher.
Exam topics/questions
1. The classification of fatty acids
2. Chemistry of the main fatty acids
3. Dietary sources of fatty acids
4. Main steps in fatty acid analysis
5. Large-scale instrumental detection of fatty acids
6. Physiology of fatty acids
7. Physiological changes in fatty acids during pregnancy
8. Fatty acids in the perinatal development of the nervous system
9. Role of fatty acids in infant nutrition
10. The role of fatty acids in type 1 diabetes mellitus
11. The role of fatty acids in type 2 diabetes mellitus
12. The role of fatty acids in atherosclerosis
13. Fatty acids in cardiovascular prevention
14. The importance of the omega-3 index
15. Fish oil supplementation in various diseases
16. Fatty acids in atopic dermatitis
17. Fatty acids in inflammatory processes
18. Anti-inflammatory fatty acids
19. Very long-chain fatty acids in neurological diseases
20. Fatty acids in psychiatric diseases
Examiners
- Szabó Éva (Biokémia)