Anatoly Sharpenak
Anatoly Ernestovich Sharpenak was a Russian biochemist.
Biography
In 1939 Sharpenak organized a biochemical department at the Moscow Stomatological Institute. He was the chair of the department until 1969.While heading the department at the Moscow Stomatological Institute, he also held the following position:
- From 1945 to 1969, Head of the Laboratory of Protein Metabolism Institute of Nutrition, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (now the Laboratory of metabolism and energy of the Federal government agency "Scientific Research Institute of Nutrition, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.
Scientific activities
While working at the Institute of Nutrition, Sharpenak, who studied protein metabolism, has contributed to the study of some amino acids and their optimum balance.Sharpenak pointed out that the diet should take into account not only the total protein content, but also the content of individual amino acids. The effect of protein quality of the diet on the body depends not only on the absolute content of individual amino acids in the diet, but also on the balance between them.