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Journal of Nutrition and Human Health | Volume 3
May 23-24, 2019 | Vienna, Austria
Joint Event
2
nd
International Conference on
Gastroenterology and Digestive Disor
ders
17
th
International Conference on
Nutrition and Fitness
&
Notes:
Frances Jurnak
University of California Irvine, USA
The prevalence and impact of toxic aldehydes upon mental and
physical fitness
A
ldehydes are toxic chemicals that are freely found
in the environment and within metabolic reactions
in each individual. Toxic aldehydes are also generated as
a response to oxidative stress, which can occur during
infections, a traumatic brain injury, stroke, or heavy exercise.
Most individuals can neutralize and clear an average load
of aldehydes. However, if there are errors in the genes
of detoxifying proteins, such as occur in cases of familial
alcoholism and various neurological disorders, or there is
excessive exposure to aldehydes during periods of oxidative
stress, then the aldehydes will cause cellular damage that
affect mental and physical well-being. The presentation will
focus on the sources and prevalence of toxic aldehydes,
the symptoms of aldehyde damage, and micronutrient
suggestions to detoxify the aldehydes.
Speaker Biography
Frances Jurnak completed her Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of
California Berkeley and then changed research area to Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
She taught and did research as a faculty member in the Department
of Biochemistry at the University of California, Riverside for 19 years
and then transferred as a faculty member to the Department of
Physiology and Biophysics in the School of Medicine, University of
California, Irvine for 15 years before retiring several years ago. Her
major research area involved crystallographic and biochemical analyses
of medically relevant proteins, earning over 3000 citations for nearly
100 peer reviewed publications. In recent years, she has focused on
the prevalence and impact of aldehydes in mental and physical health,
authoring a detailed review of the pivotal role that aldehydes play in
autism spectrum disorders.
e:
jurnak@uci.edu