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The use of restriction fragment length polymorphisms (LPs) or repeat sequences of DNA to establish a unique pattern of DNA for an individual.  

A synthetic steroid derivative that inhibits androgen production. A drug used to reduce the size of an enlarged prostate gland in men and to improve urine flow. Finasteride (Proscar) works by decreasing the level of an androgen (male sex hormone) that stimulates development of the prostate gland. Finasteride (Propecia) is also used to treat male…

Lipids collect on a fibrous network within or on the interior aspect of the arterial walls during the atherogenic process to form a projection into the lumen of the vessel and impede blood flow.  

An oral iron supplement. An iron preparation occurring as a yellowish powder or granules. It is used to treat iron deficiency anemia.  

A protein essential for iron efflux from liver, spleen, and duodenal cells. Its activity is regulated by hepcidin. An iron-transporting molecule that spans cell membranes in the upper gastrointestinal tract and many other organs. Excessive expression of ferroportin by cells can result in iron overload.  

Fibric acid derivative that adsorbs cholesterol in the gastrointestinal tract; an anticholesterolemic- anti-triglyceridemic drug.  

A calcium channel blocker; an antihypertensive agent. A drug used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure). Felodipine (Plendil) is in the class of drugs called calcium channel blockers. Felodipine lowers blood pressure by relaxing the heart’s vascular smooth muscle in order to reduce vascular resistance.  

The energy content of the feces. The FE is the weight of feces times the gross energy of a unit weight of feces. FE can be partitioned into energy of undigested food (FiE) and the energy of compounds of endogenous origin (FmE).  

Foods having a high percentage of their energy content as fat. 82 nutrients for the fat content of a wide variety of foods.  

Fatty acid synthesis occurs in the cytosol of the living cell using two carbon units (acetyl units) that are the result of glucose oxidation or amino acid degradation. Fatty acid synthesis begins with acetyl CoA. Acetyl CoA is converted to malonyl CoA with the addition of one carbon (from bicarbonate) in the presence of the…