Bio Chemistry
Bio Chemistry
1. BICM 101 - Bio Chemistry (2+1)2. BIC 101 , 151, 201 - Fundamentals Of Biochemistry (2+1)
Biochemistry - Introduction
Biochemistry, as the name implies, is the chemistry of living organisms. It bridges thegap between the conventional chemistry and biology. Living organisms have certain
extraordinary properties. They can grow, respond to stimuli and replicate themselves with high
fidelity. All these activities are ultimately interpretable in chemical terms. The lifeless organic
molecules with appropriate complexity and properties make a living thing. The basic phenomena
of biochemistry are to understand how the collections of inanimate molecules that constitute
living organisms interact with each other to maintain life. The basic life processes or chemistry
remains broadly the same whether it is an unicellular microorganism or the higher organisms
such as human or plants. Life is nothing but thousands of ordered chemical reactions. In other
words, chemistry is the logic of all biological phenomen.
Biochemistry uses
various biomolecules such as carbohydrates, amino acids, proteins, fatty acids, lipids, enzymes
and coenzymes are presented in chapters 2 to 8. The metabolism of these biomolecules is
described in chapters 9 to 14. . The interrelationship existing between the metabolisms of these
biomolecules is presented in nutshell in the final chapter 15. At the end of each chapter, the
summary and simple exercise are given. The exercise includes not only the objective and
subjective type review questions but also, simple problems in order to help the students to
understand the subject more effectively. This will help the students to take up higher studies in
biotechnology or to write competitive examinations.
Reference TNAU - Tamilnadu Agriculture University, Coimbatore Materials And TNAU - Affiliated Private College Materials, TNAU Government College Materials, ICAR - Indian Council Of Agriculture Research, New Delhi Materials to Collected.
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