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Biochemistry |
Studies the structures, interactions, the transformations and the roles of biomolecules |
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Biochemistry |
Provides scientific language that facilitates the study of the other biological sciences |
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Physiology Microbiology Pharmacology |
Other biological sciences included in the health curriculum |
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General Chemistry |
Studies the composition, structure and properties of matter, quantitative principles, kinetics, and energetics transformation of matter and funcdamental concepts of organic chemistry |
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Solid Liquid Gas |
3 states of matter |
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Particulate Nature Physical and chemical properties Extensive and intensive properties |
Properties of matter |
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Pure substances Mixtures |
Classification of matter |
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Elements Compound |
Classification of pure substances |
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Homogenous Heterogenous |
Classification of mixtures |
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Pure substances |
Characterized by an unchanging or specific composition |
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Mixture |
Composed of different pure substances |
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Element |
Simplest type of matter composer of only one kind of atom |
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Compound |
Composed of two or more elements combined chemically in definite proportion |
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Quantitative |
Chemistry is what kind of science |
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Meter (length) Volume |
Most used unit in chemistry |
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D (g/ml or g/cm^3) = mass/ volume |
Density formula |
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Protons Z = no. Of protons = no. Of electrons |
Atomic number is equal to (Z) |
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Protons and neutrons A = number of protons + nuetrons |
Mass number (A) is equal to |
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Neutrons = A-Z |
How to know the number of neutrons |
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Ionic Compound |
Results from attraction between anion and cation |
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Acids |
Compounds that gives off hydrogen ions when dissolved in water |
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Covalent compound |
Results when non metal share electrons |
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Functional groups |
Classification of Organic Compounds |
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Polymers and Biomolecules |
Organic compound is made of |
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C&H only group Halogens Containing oxygen Containing nitrogen |
Functional groupd is categorised into |
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Alkanes Alkenes Alkynes Cycloalkanes Arenes |
Functional group that contains C and H only |
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Alkyl Halides |
Containing Halogens |
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Alcohols Phenols Ethers Aldehyde Ketones Carboxylic Ester |
Containing oxygen |
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Amines Amides |
Containing N |
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Hydrogen Oxygen Nitrogen Sulfur Phosphorus Halogens |
Carbon can covalent bond to which elements? |
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Relatively low |
Organic elements have (_) boiling and melting point |
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Biochemistry |
Study of chemical substance in living organism and the chemical interaction of these substances with each other |
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How cells manufacture |
New discoveries in biochem is made almost daily about |
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Biochemical substance |
Chemical substance found within a living organism |
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Bioorganic Bioinorganic |
Division of chemical substances |
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Water Inorganic salts |
Types of bio inorganic substances |
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Carbohydrates Protein Lipids Nucleic acid |
Bioorganic substances |
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Forensic Biochemistry |
DNA finger printing Emergence of sequence technology enabled identification of individual members of population with the development of genetic markers |
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Pharmacology |
Uses method of biochem, biophysics, molecular biology. Structural biology, cell biology... To define mechanism of drugs and how drugs influence the organism |
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Physiology |
Helps one understand the biochemical changes and related physiological alteration of the boyd |
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Physiology |
Covers life from the single cell through questions about how organs work |
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Microbiology |
Important in understanding molecular basis of life and its role in the disease process |
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Orgamic Chemistry |
Chemistry of compounds of carbon in combination with H N O S P and halogens |
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Organic Chemistry |
Studies the names, composition, structure, and synthesis of carvon compound and their reactions to the various substances |
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Hydrocarbons |
Compounds compromised exclusively of carbon and hydrogen |
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Nomenclature |
Term used to defined the naming procedures of a given system |
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International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry |
IUPAC |
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Alkanes |
Hydrocarbons that have single covalent bonds |
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C(n) H(2n+2) |
Alkanes formula |
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Branched |
Alkane with an additional shorter chain coming of longest section |
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Isomers |
Same formula but different structure |
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Cycloalkanes - C(n) H(2n) |
Closed ring pf C atoms |
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Skeletal Structure Line angel formula Shorthand formula |
Molecular structural formula that serves as short hand representation of a molecule's bonding and some details of its molecular geometry |
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Alkenes - C(n)H(2n) |
Contains one or more double bonds of carbon |
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Alkynes - C(n) H(2n-2) |
Contains one or more triple bonds between carbon atoms |
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Aromatics Hydrocarbons |
Special class of unsaturated hydrocarbon based on six carbon ring called benzene |
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Benzene (C6H6) |
Simplest aromatic compound with |
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Toluene (Methylbenzene) Ethylbenzene Aniline (benzenamine) Phenol (hydroxylbenzene) |
Benzene trivial names |
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Function group |
Collections of atoms in organic chemistry molecules that contribute to the chemical characteristics of the molecule and participate in predictable reactions |
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Hydroxyl Functional Group Alcohol group |
An oxygen atom bonded to a hydrogen atom |
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Hydroxyl Functional Group Alcohol group |
An oxygen atom bonded to a hydrogen atom |
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Dehydration reaction |
Hydroxyl groupd link biological molecules together via? |
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Aldehyde Functional Group |
Carbon and oxygen double bonded together and hydrogen bonded to carbon |
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Keto Enol tautomer |
2 types of aldehyde |
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R- CHO |
Aldehyde formula |
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Ketone Functional Group |
Carbon atom double bonded to an oxygen atom that appears ad a bridge between two parts of molecules |
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Amine Functional Group |
Derivative of ammonia (NH3) when one or more of the hydrogen atoms by an alkyl or aryl functional group |
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Amino Functional Group |
Alkaline group Commonly seen in amino acids, proteins and nitrogenous bases used to build DNA and RNA |
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Amide Functional Group |
Combination of a carbonyl group ajd an amine Functional group |
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Ether Functional Group (ROR) |
Consist of an oxygen atom forming a bridge between two different psrts of molecule |
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Ester Functional Group (RCO2R) |
Another brigde group consisting of a carbonyl group connected to an ether group |
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Carboxylix Acid Functional Group (COOH) |
An ester where one substituent R id a hydrogen atom |