Water Soluble Vitamins- B-Complex and C Vitamins refer to any of a group of organic compounds which are essential for
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Category: Biochemistry
Fructose Metabolism
Fructose Metabolism Fructose is an abundant sugar in the human diet. This dietary monosaccharide is present naturally in fruits and vegetables, either as free fructose
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Fatty Acid Synthesis
Fatty Acid Synthesis Lipogenesis, the synthesis of fatty acids and their esterification to glycerol to form triacylglycerols, which occurs mainly
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Uronic Acid Pathway
Uronic Acid Pathway Uronic acids are a class of sugar acids with both carbonyl and carboxylic acid functional groups. They are sugars in which the terminal
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Nitrogen Cycle- Steps and Significance
Nitrogen Cycle- Steps and Significance The movement of nitrogen between the atmosphere, biosphere, and geosphere in different forms is called the nitrogen cycle and is one
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Oxidative Phosphorylation
Oxidative Phosphorylation The NADH and FADH2, formed during glycolysis, β-oxidation of fatty acids and the TCA cycle, give up their
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Beta-oxidation of Fatty Acid
Beta-oxidation of Fatty Acid Beta-oxidation is the catabolic process by which fatty acid molecules are broken down in the cytosol in prokaryotes and in the mitochondria in eukaryotes
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Fat soluble vitamins- Vitamin A, D, E and K
Fat soluble vitamins- Vitamin A, D, E and K Vitamins refer to any of a group of organic compounds which
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Enzymes- Properties, Classification and Significance
Enzymes- Properties, Classification and Significance Enzymes are the biological macromolecules which speed up the rate of biochemical reactions without undergoing any
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Purine Synthesis
Purine Synthesis There are two pathways of synthesis of purine nucleotides: De Novo synthesis pathway, and Salvage pathway. The De
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