Biochemistry

Important Topics Of Biochemistry

General Biochemistry

  1. Difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes

  2. Mitochondria

  3. Plasma membrane

  4. Transport across plasma membrane


Enzymes

  1. Isoenzyme

  2. factors affecting enzyme activity

  3. Coenzyme

  4. Enzyme Inhibition


Protein

  1. protein classification

  2. Protein structure

  3. Denaturation of protein

  4. Plasma protein

  5. Albumin

  6. Imunnoglobin


Carbohydrates

  1. Classification of carbohydrates

  2. Disachharides

  3. Homopolysacheride

  4. Mucopolysachcarides/ hetropolysacheride


Lipids

  1. Classification of lipids

  2. Essential fatty acids

  3. Pufa (poly unsaturated fatty acid)

  4. Phospholipids


Mineral Metabolism

  1. Iron metabolism

  2. Calcium metabolism

  3. Copper Metabolism

  4. Zink Metabolism


Genetics

  1. Nucleotides

  2. Dna structure

  3. T- rna structure


Hemoglobin

  1. Hemoglobin structure

  2. Sickle cell hemoglobin

  3. Thalassemia


Vitamins

  1. Vitamin A

  2. Wald’s visual cycle

  3. Vitamin D

  4. Vitamin C

  5. Beriberi / Vitamin B1

  6. Pellagra / Niacin

  7. Vit B12

  8. Folic Acid


Acid Base Balance

  1. Metabolic acidosis

  2. Metabolic alkalosis

  3. Buffer system

  4. blood buffers

  5. Renal and respiratory mechanism for Regulation of PH



Carbohydrate Metabolism

  1. Digestion and absorption of carbohydrates

  2. Glycolysis

  3. TCA cycle

  4. HMP shunt pathway

  5. Gluconeogenesis

  6. Glycogen synthesis

  7. Glycogenolysis

  8. Glycogen storage Disease


Fat Metabolism

  1. beta oxidation of fatty acid

  2. Ketonuria

  3. Lipoprotein

  4. Fatty liver

  5. Prostaglandins

  6. Digestion and absorption of lipids


Protein

  1. Transamination

  2. Urea cycle

  3. Phenyl ketonuria

  4. Alkaptonuria

  5. One carbon Metabolism

  6. Albinism

  7. Mappel Serup Urine Disease



Hemoglobin

  1. Porphyria

  2. Jaundice


Genetics

  1. DNA replication

  2. Mutation

  3. Genetic code

  4. Transcription

  5. Post transcriptional Modification

  6. Translation

  7. Post translational Modification

  8. polymerase chain reaction

  9. Recombinant DNA technology


Purine Metabolism

  1. Salvage pathway

  2. Lesch nyhan syndrome

  3. Gout


Organ Function Test

  1. Liver function test

  2. Renal function test

  3. GFR

  1. Nutrition

  2. Dietary fibers

  3. BMR

  4. Protein energy Malnutrition



Clinical Biochemistry

  1. Jaundice

  2. GTT ( glucose tolerance test)

  3. Diabetes ( iddm and niddm)

  4. Tumor markers


Others

  1. Air pollution

  2. Electrophoresis

  3. Radioisotopes.



These are the important topics for Biochemistry. Every students must prepare them.