Essays on Metabolism

Department of Biochemistry, University of Madras, Chennai, India. [email protected] co. in Abstract Euphorbia hirta, commonly known as asthma weed, is a popular folk remedy for the treatment of various ailments. Recent studies have indicated that plant has potent antioxidant properties. As part of an ongoing programme to validate the use of some reputed herbs in…

Diabetes mellitus is a growing problem across the world. By the year 2010 it is estimated that over 221 million people will be afflicted with the disease1. Type 1 diabetes is the result of absolute insulin deficiency and is treated through the addition of exogenous insulin. Type 2 diabetes, non-insulin dependent diabetes (NIDDM), is characterized…

Describe the metabolic procedure supplying your energy while you were walking ( at an easy gait ) before the bee stung you. Include which molecules are being consumed. The metabolic procedure supplying my energy while I was walking at an easy gait is aerophilic metamorphosis. During aerophilic metamorphosis. chondriosomes absorb from the environing cytol these…

By GERARD CHRETIEN BIOLOGYCellular PathwaysSeveral principles govern metabolic pathways in the cell:A. Complex chemical transformations in the cell do not occur in a single reaction, but in a number of small steps that are connected in a pathway. B. Each reaction is catalyzed by a specific enzyme. C. Metabolic pathways is catalyzed by a specific…

Introduction This experiment was done to prove the hypothesis: Boiling and lessening in visible radiation will hold negative affects on the rate of photosynthesis in chloroplasts. In this experiment we were told that we would be mensurating the rate of photosynthesis. The decrease of a dye called DPIP is a portion of the measuring technique….