Information Package / Course Catalogue
Exercise Biochemistry
Course Code: AEB109
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/N0NE
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

To be able to understand the basic chemical and organic structures, interactions and functions of biomolecules in the structure of the organism; comprehend energy metabolism and usage ways; recognize the importance of nutrients such as vitamins and minerals as well as the sources of these pathways and their specific role in performance with different exercise intensities and durations; so that they can make training programs based on scientific basis; gain an infrastructure for performance measurement and evaluation; to follow and interpret scientific and technological developments in this field.

Course Content

Matter and cell components, functions; chemical mechanisms; acid, base and buffer systems and the relationship between these factors and exercise performance; structure and classification of organic chemistry; carbohydrates, lipids, proteins; porphyrins and nucleic acids; structure and function of hormones, vitamins and minerals and their roles in various environmental and exercise conditions; phases of energy metabolism; functions of nutrients in digestion and energy metabolism and their relationship with performance; heredity-performance relationships; discrimination of ergogenic auxiliaries and doping agents, principles and importance of doping control.

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Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to apperceive the constituents and periodic grouping of atoms, chemical bounds, the fomation of molecules and compounds; to recognise the constitution of biomolecules in the organism, and to establish the relation between construction and function;
2.To be able to understand basic mechanisms involving chemical reactions and chemical equilibrium, oxidation and reduction, reaction speed, chemical solutions, concentration units, pH and buffer systems
3.To be able to recognise the definition, consruction and classification of main organic chemical substances, and the main chemical groups which participate in a reaction, isomeric features of organic substances, all by especially establishing relations with examples in energy metabolism;
4.To be able to understand the basic structure, nomenclature and classification of carbohydrates, lipids and amino acids;
5.To understand the basic structure and functions of vitamins and enzymes
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Vassilis Mougios. Exercise Biochemistry, Human Kinetics, USA, 2006
2.Ron Maughan, Michael Gleeson: The Biochemical Basis of Sports Performance. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2004.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
A general presentation of lesson and the importance in terms of sports science. The structure of atoms, elements and periodic table, chemical bondings.
Week 2 - Theoretical
The structural elements of the cell: Cytoplasm and organelles, structure and functions of cell membrane. Structural components of the blood; structure and and functions of erythrocytes, leukocytes and platelets, and their structural and functional changes in different exercise and environmental conditions and their relationships with health and exercise
Week 3 - Theoretical
Chemical equilibrium, acids, bases, pH, buffer systems, the Henderson-Hasselbach equation, acidosis, alkalosis, lactate tolerance and the relationships between these and exercise performance, oxidation-reduction, the reaction rate, the mole concept, concentration units: molarity, normality, chemical reagents.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Basic organic chemistry, functional groups, important reactions, and classification and importance of of isomers.
Week 5 - Theoretical
The basic molecular structure, classifications of carbohydrates and lipids, their functions in the organism and during exercise. The similarities of starch and glycogen. The basic functions of lipoproteins and cholesterol in the main structure of hormones, their relationships with with health and sports performance
Week 6 - Theoretical
Structure and classification of amino acids; peptide and polypeptide structures, their roles in ionic and hydrophobic interactions, their general metabolism; especially the importance of essential amino acids in nutrition, health and exercise performance; primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure of proteins; structure and function of myoglobin and hemoglobin; the meanings of anemia and hypoxia, the Bohr effect, 2,3-diphospho-glycerate
Week 7 - Theoretical
The basic structure and function of nucleotides; function and metabolism of purines and pyrimidines. Structure and function of enzymes and coenzymes. The structure and function, classification of hormones. Factors affecting hormonal secretion, effects of hormones on the metabolism in different environmental conditions and exercise
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midtern Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Energy and types of energy, energy metabolism and pathways, the storage form of energy: ATP and creatine phosphate (CP). Glycolysis, glyconeogenesis, lactate metabolism and their regulation, biochemical fate of lactate, lactate threshold, fatigue, recovery concepts. The Cori cycle.
Week 10 - Theoretical
ß-oxidation and the Krebs cycle, enzymatic control of the cycle ,and their relationship with enzymatic glycolysis. Transamination, glycogenic and ketogenic amino acids and their contribution rates in various exercise intensity and duration.
Week 11 - Theoretical
NADH, FADH, cytochromes, electron transport chain, oxidative phosphorylation, ATP synthesis and its regulation, their relations with exercise of various duration and intensity.
Week 12 - Theoretical
The hormonal and enzymatic effects of digestion on carbohydrates, lipids and proteins. The importance of nutrition in the integration of energy systems in the organism, metabolic and biochemical regulation, their relations with exercise performance.
Week 13 - Theoretical
The functions of DNA and RNA, mRNA, tRNA, transcription, translation, protein synthesis. Inheritanceand relationships with health and exercise performance
Week 14 - Theoretical
Water, electrolyte and mineral metabolism, the control of homeostasis in different environmental and exercise conditions. Iron deficiency anemia and its relationship with performance, the parameters used for monitoring iron metabolism
Week 15 - Theoretical
general evalution
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Laboratory140114
Midterm Examination1336
Final Examination1336
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)54
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026