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Biology and Biochemestry - mod. BIOCHEMESTRY (AN)
LAURA MAZZANTI

Seat Medicina e Chirurgia
A.A. 2013-2014
Credits 2
Hours 24
Period 1^ semestre
Language ENG
U-gov code MT02-11-11 MT127

Program

Main classes of organic compounds. Reactivity of functional groups. The chemical equilibrium. The solutions. Acids and bases, pH and buffer systems. Bioenergetics and biological oxidations. The structure and  metabolism of molecules of biomedical interest. Biochemical aspects  the food digestion. Carbohydrates: glucose, fructose, sucrose, starch, cellulose. Glycogen metabolism. Gluconeogenesis. Control of blood glucose. Glycolysis. Fermentations.  Krebs cycle. Oxidative phosphorylation. Proteins:  the plasma proteins (myoglobin, hemoglobin and oxygen transport), enzymes and coenzymes. Vitamins. Metabolic patwais for  ammonia, urea, uric acid and bile pigments. Lipids:  Fatty Acids,  Phospholipids, cholesterol, and lipoprotein transport. Lipolysis, ketogenesis, lipogenesis, cholesterol synthesis. Significance of the principal blood parameters :  glucose, cholesterol, GOT and GPT. 

Development of the examination
Oral examination

Recommended reading
"Corso di Biochimica per le Lauree Sanitarie", Michele Samaja, Piccin-Nuova Libraria, 2007


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