Find
Search for over 200,000 study notes and past assignments!
Swap
Download study resources by swapping your own or buying Exchange Credits.
Study
Study from your library anywhere, anytime.
DOH231 study notes
DOH231 - Dental Biochemistry
1 Found helpful • 29 Pages • Complete Study Notes • Year: Pre-2021
This subject provides a foundation level understanding of the structure and function of biological macromolecules (proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids) and the major metabolic and bio-energetic pathways within cells. The subject also includes study of calcium and phosphorus metabolism and an introduction to nutritional biochemistry. Oral biochemistry provides the basis for further studies by Dentistry students in applied genetics, immunology, pathology, pharmacology-therapeutics and in clinical dental subjects. a review of subcellular structure and common organic functional groups of relevance to biochemistry, and the role of water in biochemical processes - hydrogen bonding, acid-base behaviour; structure and function of major macromolecules (proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids); enzyme function and kinetic properties; free energy changes and the role of ATP in cellular energy conservation; major metabolic pathways including glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, glycogen metabolism, pentose phosphate pathway, citric acid cycle, mitochondrial electron transport chain, fatty acid metabolism, amino acid metabolism; regulation of metabolic pathways; calcium and phosphorous metabolism
This document is 50 Exchange Credits
More about this document:
|
This document has been hand checkedEvery document on Thinkswap has been carefully hand checked to make sure it's correctly described and categorised. No more browsing through piles of irrelevant study resources. |
|
This is a Complete Set of Study NotesComplete Study Notes typically cover at least half a semester’s content or several topics in greater depth. They are typically greater than 20 pages in length and go into more detail when covering topics. |
|
What are Exchange Credits?Exchange Credits represent the worth of each document on Thinkswap. In exchange for uploading documents you will receive Exchange Credits. These credits can then be used to download other documents for free. |
|
Satisfaction GuaranteeWe want you to be satisfied with your learning, that’s why all documents on Thinkswap are covered by our Satisfaction Guarantee. If a document is not of an acceptable quality or the document was incorrectly described or categorised, we will provide a full refund of Exchange Credits so that you can get another document. For more information please read Thinkswap's Satisfaction Guarantee. |
Studying with Academic Integrity
Studying from past student work is an amazing way to learn and research, however you must always act with academic integrity.
This document is the prior work of another student. Thinkswap has partnered with Turnitin to ensure students cannot copy directly from our resources. Understand how to responsibly use this work by visiting ‘Using Thinkswap resources correctly’.