CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
There are no pre-requisites for this integrated course.
The goal of this course is to give knowledge bases that support the following and deepening learning in other areas.
Atomic structure, orbital and electron configuration
isotopes, chemical bonds, Lewis theory, IUPAC and traditional nomenclature; solutions: properties and concentrations, chemical reactions, kinetics, thermodynamics, acids and bases, buffers; Carbon hybridization, sigma and pi bonds, isomerism and chirality; functional groups; aa, proteins and lipids simple and complex; carbohydrates, simple and complex, nitrogenous bases, ATP, NAD and FAD,
Metabolism of glucose, triglycerides and proteins.
Haemoglobin and myoglobin.
Bioenergetics
Lipoproteins metabolism
Cholesterol metabolism
Nitrogen metabolism
Hormone metabolism and cellular activation
Chimica per le scienze biomediche Sackheim G.I. Lehman D.D. Ed. EdiSes
Chimica e biochimica per le lauree triennali dell’area biomedica Samaja M. Paroni P. Ed. Piccin
Chimica, biochimica e biologia applicata
di M.Stefani, N.Taddei Zanichelli
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