intro

• BIOCHEMISTY = also called biological chemistry
• BIOCHEMISTRY = it is the study of the components and composition of living things and how they come together to become life.
• BIOCHEMISTRY = focuses on what is happening inside the cells, studying components like proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, nucleic acids, and organelles. 
• METABOLISM = the sum of all the chemical reactions that take place in a cell
• ENZYMES =  organic catalysts that act on these chemical changes wherein their existence depends on the genetic apparatus of the cell.
• SCOPE OF BIOCHEMISTRY

  • CELL BIOLOGY
  • MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
  • MOLECULAR GENETICS
• CELL BIOLOGY = structural chemistry of the components of living matter and the relationship of biological function to chemical structure
• MOLECULAR BIOLOGY = Metabolism, the totality of chemical reactions that occur in living matter
• MOLECULAR GENETICS = The chemistry of process and substances that store and transmit biological information.
• ROGENE HENDERSON = research to understand ways in which organic compounds in the body are changed by enzymes into toxic metabolites
• ROGENE HENDERSON

  • determining the health effects of inhaled pollutants
  • develops chemical analytical techniques to detect pollutants and their metabolites in body tissues and fluids
  • uses mathematics to describe the relationships between the air and body concentrations of these chemicals or their metabolites
  • how these concentrations change with time