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Biochemistry I

Syllabus
Schedule
Topics
The list of structures for the test of Biochemistry I
The lectures' review questions
The examination test
Biochemistry I Exam - additional information
 
Information about the practical training:
- use your own laboratory coat (without it you will not be allowed to participate and you will be considered absent),
- come to practical classes with the corresponding protocol (printed out in advance) and prepared for the lesson according to that protocol (see below)
 
Credit conditions:
- participation in seminars and laboratory practices (2 absences allowed)
- presentation of laboratory reports
 


1st year
 
Materials:

Lectures Seminars Materials for study Protocols for practical trainings
Amino acids
Elektrochemistry
Elements
Kinetics of chemical rections
Lipids
Mechanism of enzyme catalysis
Mechanisms of toxicity
Nucleic acids
Organic compounds containing nitrogen and sulfur
Oxygen containing organic compounds
Oxygen containing organic compounds - schemes
Proteins
Structure of chemical compounds
Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics of living systems
Acid-base theory and pH calculations
Biologically important heterocycles
Carboxylic acids and their derivatives
Chromatography
Dispersion systems
Latin nomenclature
Electrophoretic methods
Fluorescence and chemiluminescence
Kinetics of enzyme reactions
Mechanisms of organic reactions
Oxidation/reduction
Principles of spectrophotometric methods
Sugars
Elements
Water
Osmotic fragility of red blood cells
pH
Cell membranes
Determination of calcium
Determination of magnesium
Measuring of the absorption spectrum of coloured solution
Osmotic fragility of erythrocytes
pH determination
Preparation of solutions, weighing, measurement and dilution (1)
Preparation of solutions, weighing, measurement and dilution (2)
Qualitative proof of alcohols, aldehydes, ketones and reducing sugars

LITERATURE:
R.J. Ouellette: Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, Prentice Hall, 1997
 
McMurry: Fundamentals of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2010
 
E. Streblová: Textbook of chemistry, Part I and Part 2, Prague, 1995