Syllabus
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Course Code: BCH-101 Course Name: Structure and Function of Biomolecules |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Water and Carbohydrates: Water and its physicochemical properties; Classification of carbohydrates; Occurrence, characteristics, structure and functions of monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides; structure and conformation of sugars; monosaccharides: stereoisomerism and optical isomerism; chemical reactions of the functional groups; sugar derivatives; Glycoproteins; peptidoglycan, proteoglycan, N-linked and O-linked glycoproteins bacterial cell wall polysaccharides; blood group polysaccharides; glycobiology, glycomics | |
| 2 | Amino acids and nucleotides: Structure, nomenclature, classification, acid-base properties of amino acids and their applications, chemical reactions of amino acids; stereoisomerism and optical properties of amino acids; non-natural amino acids;Structure and properties of purines and pyrimidine bases; structure and functions of nucleotides. | |
| 3 | Lipids: Classification of lipids; structures, nomenclature and properties of fatty acids; structure, properties and functions of acylglycerols, plasmalogens, phospholipids, sphingolipids, glycolipids, steroids, prostaglandins and eicosanoids, bile acids lipoamino acids; chemical composition and biological role of lipoproteins; structure and functions of fat soluble vitamins. | |
| 4 | Hormones: General characteristics, classification, chemistry and functions of thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pancreatic, gastric and reproductive hormones; hypothalamus and pituitary; detection of hormones; hormone replacement therapy; pheromones. | |
