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Index
A atoms, 53 carbon bonds, 36
ATP (adenosine triphosphate), carbon dioxide
A (adenine), 206
ABO blood group system, 126 22–23, 82, 106 in carbon cycle, 46
acetyl-CoA, 72, 85, 115–117, autolysis, 216 fixation of, 51, 57–59
in photosynthesis, 32
120–122 B carboxyl group, 95
activation energy, 176 catalysts, 175
acyl-carnitine, 121 bad cholesterol, 100, 105 cells
acyl-CoA, 120–121 basal metabolism, 107 chemical reactions in, 26–35
adenine (A), 206 base catalysis, 216 interior of, 18–25
adenosine diphosphate (ADP), 82 base complementarity, 209–211 membrane of, 16
adenosine monophosphate base sequence, 219 origin of, 231
ß-oxidation, 119–120 structure of, 14–17
(AMP), 207 ß type, 143 cellular respiration, 37, 65
adenosine triphosphate (ATP), binary fission, 231 cellulose, 132, 142
biochemistry, definition of, 6, 8 centrifugation, 235
22–23, 82, 106 biochemists, 228–229 cerebral hemorrhage, 104
affinity chromatography, 233 biogeochemical cycle, 40–44 cerebral infarction, 104
affinity of enzymes, 181 biological catalyst, 175 chemical bonds, 140–144
alcohol, 20, 153 biopolymers, 36–37, 228 covalent, 36
aldoses, 83 blood double, 96
allosteric enzymes, 196–199 glycosidic, 138, 141–143, 173
a-amylase, 143, 144, 162, 163 ABO group system, 126 iconic, 36
a-amylase activity measurement glucosyltransferase, 169–171 metallic, 36
types of, 124–129, 169, 170 peptide, 155, 158
method, 237 blood sugar, 60, 63, 108 phosphodiester, 214
amino acids breathing, 64–65 chitin, 132
chlorophyll, 49–55
in carbon cycle, 45 C chloroplasts
overview, 154–157 overview, 17
primary structure of, 158 C (carbon). See carbon (C) photosynthesis and, 32
protein synthesis and, 27–28 C (cytosine), 206, 208 structure of, 49
quaternary structure of, 161 carbohydrates cholesterol
secondary structure of, 159 lipoproteins
tertiary structure of, 160 monosaccharides and cyclic
AMP (adenosine structure, 63 arteriosclerosis, 103–104
good and bad cholesterol,
monophosphate), 207 overview, 60–62
amphipathicity, 93 plants and, 48 105
amylopectin structure, 137–139 saccharides and -ose suffix, 63 overview, 102
amylose structure, 137–139 carbon (C) purpose of, 98–99
angina pectoris, 104 biogeochemical cycle and, 43 as steroid, 97
anticodon, 224 cycle of, 45–47
anti-nutritional factors, 193 fixation of, 57
antisense strand, 222 fundamentals of, 36
arteriosclerosis, 103–104
