Ateneo - UPO

Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Biochemistry

Catani, Savini, Guerrieri, Avigliano - Appunti di Biochimica –PICCIN

- Samaja, Paroni- Chimica e Biochimica per le lauree triennali dell’area biomedica- ED. PICCIN

- Stefani, Taddei - Chimica, biochimica e biologia applicata - Zanichelli

-Sackeim, Lehman - Chimica per le Scienze Biomediche – Edises

Reach the basic skills to understand the biological processes from a chemical point of view

Collage level knowledge of: scientific language, chemical terminology, basics of mathematics/physics/biology. Refer to the admission tests

Presentations and direct teaching. A copy of the slides will be available to students

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Written single or multiple-choices exam

CHEMICAL structure of matter: • compounds, mixtures, elements, • Atomic models, fundamental subatomic particles, isotopes, Ion, radioactivity. • Atomic and molecular mass, • periodic table of the elements and properties of the elements. Molecules and chemical bonding: Ionic bond, covalent bond, • • • dative bond, • hydrogen bonds, hydrophobic interactions •. Notes on nomenclature and properties of inorganic compounds. Formulas and molecular models. Mole concept and its applications. Solutions: • molecular aspects of solubility, • water: chemical and physical properties • Molarity and other measures of concentration • electrolyte solutions: strong and weak electrolytes. Acids and bases, pH. Buffer systems. Buffer blood systems. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY the chemistry of carbon. Main functional groups and their chemical properties: alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, acids, esters, thioesters, amides, amines, thiols, fosfoesteri and fosfoanidridi.
BIOCHEMISTRY proteins: • amino acids, peptides, protein structure and function • •: hemoglobin and collagen. Enzymes: • operation • kinetic properties. • vitamins and coenzymes. • the regulation of enzyme activity, inhibitors. Basic concepts on the metabolism, catabolism and anabolism, bioenergetics. Carbohydrate metabolism: glycogen, glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, • • • Kreebs cycle, oxidative phosphorylation and mitochondria. An overview of all of the major lipids; synthesis, degradation and lipid transport with special attention to fatty acids and cholesterol. Metabolism of proteins and amino acids, and urea cycle transamminasi. Nucleotide metabolism, synthesis and degradation of nitrogenous bases. The integration of metabolism. Function and mode of action of hormones: examples from blood sugar regulation and nods of molecular basis of diabetes.

Understanding the principles of chemistry and biochemistry useful to the successive courses and the bio-molecular bases of the profession.