Page 3 - General Biochemistry
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Contents
Chapter 1............................................................................................................................................................. 6
What is Biochemistry...................................................................................................................................... 6
Principles of Biochemistry .............................................................................................................................. 6
Chapter 2........................................................................................................................................................... 11
CARBOHYDRATES.......................................................................................................................................... 11
Characteristic Bio-membranes and Organelles ........................................................................................... 22
Plasma Membrane.................................................................................................................................... 22
Nucleus...................................................................................................................................................... 22
Mitochondrion .......................................................................................................................................... 22
Chloroplasts (plastids................................................................................................................................ 22
Rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER)........................................................................................................ 22
Ribosomes................................................................................................................................................. 22
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER)...................................................................................................... 22
Golgi apparatus......................................................................................................................................... 22
Lysosymes ................................................................................................................................................. 23
Vacuoles .................................................................................................................................................... 23
Peroxisomes or Microbodies.................................................................................................................... 23
Cell wall ..................................................................................................................................................... 23
Cytoplasm.................................................................................................................................................. 23
Cytoskeleton ............................................................................................................................................. 23
Hemoglobin................................................................................................................................................... 23
Introduction to Hemoglobin...................................................................................................................... 23
Composition of Hemoglobin...................................................................................................................... 24
Biosynthesis of heme................................................................................................................................. 25
Inhibitors of heme synthesis ..................................................................................................................... 27
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