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BCH 201 General Biochemistry I

200 levelSciences8 topics

BCH 201 covers 8 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Introduction to biochemistry and chemical composition of the cell
  2. Water and its biological importance
  3. Amino acids, peptides and proteins
  4. Structure and classification of carbohydrates
  5. Structure and classification of lipids
  6. Nucleic acids (DNA and RNA)
  7. Enzymes
  8. Vitamins and coenzymes

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Introduction to biochemistry and chemical composition of the cell

This topic introduces biochemistry as the study of the chemical substances and processes of living organisms, and it explains the major chemical components that make up the cell. For the exam, you must master the meaning and scope of biochemistry, the difference between inorganic and organic cell constituents, and the biological importance of water, ions, and the major classes of biomolecules.

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