Information Package / Course Catalogue
Advanced Food Chemistry
Course Code: GMP513
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

In this course chemical structures of macro and mico food components will be studied in details.

Course Content

Structural and functional properties of food proteins, the changed in proteins, lipids, carbohaydrates and vitamins during processing and storage, the enzymatic changes during matıration and post-harvest period of foods.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Aslı YORULMAZ
Learning Outcomes
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Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Free energy and chemical reactions, activation energy
Week 2 - Theoretical
Primer and seconder structures of aminoacids and proteins
Week 3 - Theoretical
Tertiary structures of proteins
Week 4 - Theoretical
Deanturation, functional properties of proteins
Week 5 - Theoretical
Polyphenoloxidases, enzymatic reactions
Week 6 - Theoretical
Structures and reactions of carbonhydrates
Week 7 - Theoretical
Structures and reactions of carbonhydrates
Week 8 - Theoretical
Non-enzymatic browning reactions, Strecker degradations
Week 9 - Theoretical
Sweeteners, polysaccharides, starch, pectins and gums
Week 10 - Theoretical
Structures and denomination of lipids
Week 11 - Theoretical
Lipid oxidation; mechanism, starter mechanisms of free radicals
Week 12 - Theoretical
Lipid oxidation-frying oils and antioxidants
Week 13 - Theoretical
Hidrogenation, interesterification and polymorfism
Week 14 - Theoretical
Hidrogenation, interesterification and polymorfism
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%60
Assignment2%20
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143384
Assignment216236
Individual Work2228
Midterm Examination129231
Final Examination139241
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-2
3
3
2
3
4
OÇ-3
3
3
2
3
3
OÇ-4
3
3
4
3
3
OÇ-5
1
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026