Pharmaceutical Biochemistry

Importance of biochemistry to the health sciences – levels of medical care and biochemistry. Membranes and cell structure techniques used in biochemistry and medicine. Protein structure and function – primary, secondary and tertiary structure of proteins in blood. Digestion, absorption and transport across membranes. Protein calorie malnutrition. Metabolism – introduction of the study of intermediary metabolism. Carbohydrate chemistry, digestion, absorption and metabolism. Lipid chemistry, digestion, and metabolism including phospholipids and prostaglandins. Lipidoses. Metabolism of amino acids. Amino acid degradation and biosynthesis. Essential and non-essential amino acids. Ketogenic and glucogenic amino acids.