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MBBS year 1
Biochemistry notes
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Carbohydrate Metabolism11 topics
- 1Glycolysis: pathway, regulation and significanceFree
- 2TCA cycle: pathway, regulation and significanceFree
- 3HMP shunt: pathway and significanceFree
- 4Glycogen metabolism and hormonal regulationFree
- 5Glycogen storage diseasesFree
- 6Gluconeogenesis and its regulationFree
- 7Cori cycleFree
- 8RBC glycolysis and Rapoport-Luebering cycleFree
- 9Integrated regulation of blood glucoseFree
- 10Glucose transportersFree
- 11Pyruvate dehydrogenase complexFree
Enzymes and Clinical Enzymology7 topics
- 1Enzyme kinetics: Km, Vmax and Michaelis-Menten conceptFree
- 2Enzyme inhibition: competitive, noncompetitive and other formsFree
- 3Factors affecting enzyme activityFree
- 4Enzyme regulation and clinical significanceFree
- 5Isoenzymes and their diagnostic importanceFree
- 6Clinical enzymes and their use in diagnosisFree
- 7Therapeutic enzymesFree
Biomolecules and Proteins11 topics
- 1Protein structure and organization
- 2Collagen: structure, synthesis and clinical importance
- 3Plasma proteins and their functions
- 4Immunoglobulins: structure and functions
- 5Urea cycle: reactions, regulation and disorders
- 6Ammonia metabolism, transport and toxicity
- 7Transamination and deamination
- 8Phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism with inborn errors
- 9Glycine metabolism
- 10Biologically important peptides
- 11Biogenic amines
Lipid Metabolism8 topics
Heme and Hemoglobin6 topics
Bioenergetics6 topics
Molecular Biology and Genetics13 topics
- 1DNA structure and organization
- 2DNA replication
- 3Transcription
- 4Translation and protein biosynthesis
- 5Genetic code and wobble hypothesis
- 6Gene regulation and lac operon
- 7Mutation and mutagenesis
- 8DNA repair mechanisms
- 9Recombinant DNA technology
- 10PCR and clinical applications
- 11Reverse transcription
- 12RNA types and functions
- 13Post-transcriptional and post-translational modifications
Nutrition and Metabolic Integration13 topics
- 1Acid-base balance: buffers and physiological regulation
- 2Metabolic acidosis and compensation
- 3Water and electrolyte balance
- 4Balanced diet and principles of nutrition
- 5Starvation metabolism and metabolic adaptation
- 6Protein-energy malnutrition
- 7Kwashiorkor and marasmus
- 8Integration of carbohydrate, lipid and protein metabolism
- 9BMR and factors affecting it
- 10Dietary fibre and health
- 11Energy requirements and energy balance
- 12Essential amino acids
- 13Essential fatty acids
Vitamins and Minerals13 topics
- 1Vitamin A: biochemical functions, deficiency and toxicity
- 2Vitamin D: metabolism, functions and deficiency
- 3Vitamin B12 and folate: metabolism and megaloblastic anemia
- 4Vitamin C: functions and deficiency
- 5Thiamine: biochemical role and deficiency
- 6Vitamin B6: biochemical role and deficiency
- 7Vitamin K: biochemical role and deficiency
- 8Vitamin E
- 9Riboflavin and niacin
- 10Calcium and phosphorus metabolism
- 11Copper metabolism
- 12Zinc metabolism and functions
- 13Magnesium
Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine20 topics
- 1Liver function tests and interpretation
- 2Renal function tests and creatinine clearance
- 3Thyroid function tests
- 4Adrenal function tests
- 5Electrophoresis and clinical applications
- 6Inborn errors of metabolism: principles and selected examples
- 7Tumour markers
- 8Oncogenes and proto-oncogenes
- 9Detoxification and xenobiotic metabolism
- 10GAGs and hyaluronic acid
- 11Chromatography
- 12Flame photometry
- 13Radioisotopes in medicine
- 14Biochemical basis of diabetes mellitus
- 15Glycosuria and renal threshold for glucose
- 16HbA1c and its clinical significance
- 17Plasma proteins and immunoglobulins in clinical disease
- 18Free radical injury and antioxidant defence
- 19Metabolic syndrome: biochemical basis
- 20Hyperuricemia and gout