Week 8: Introduction to Lipids; Chemical structure, properties and the biological functions of fatty acids and storage lipids.
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Course Material
- Week 1: Introduction to biochemistry and its importance, including the scope and applications of the subject.
- Week 2: Introduction to cell, structure and functions of cellular components and various foundations of cell.
- Week 3: Chemical structure, molecular interactions and the biological functions of amino acids
- Week 4-5: Chemical structure and biological functions of peptides and Proteins. Introduction to Enzyme active sites, substrate specificity, classification and catalysis.
- Week 6: Introduction to Carbohydrates; Chemical structure, properties and the biological functions of monosachharides and oligosachharides.
- Week 7: Chemical structure, classification, properties and the biological functions of polysachharides.
- Week 8: Introduction to Lipids; Chemical structure, properties and the biological functions of fatty acids and storage lipids.
- Week 9: Chemical structure, properties and the biological functions of membrane lipids.
- Week 10: Chemical structure, properties and the biological functions of isoprenoids and sterols.
- Week11: Chemical structure, properties and the biological functions of eicosanoids and their importance in disease and medicine.
- Week 12: Introduction to Nucleic Acids; Chemical structure, molecular interactions and the biological functions of nucleotides.
- Week 13: Chemical structure, molecular interactions and the biological importance of DNA and RNA.
- Week 14-15: Introduction to Vitamins; Chemical structure, sources, deficiency diseases and the biological functions of fat soluble vitamins.
- Week 16: Chemical structure, sources, deficiency diseases and the biological functions of water soluble vitamins.
- Chapters 14
- Department Chemistry
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Dr. Naeem-ul-Hassan
