Tec — The Education Consultancy

Topics covered

• Introduction to biochemistry — the chemistry of life, catabolism and anabolism
• Carbohydrates — composition, aldoses and ketoses, and classification into monosaccharides, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides, with their sources and uses
• Proteins — amino acids as monomers, peptide linkage formation, and the sources and uses of proteins
• Lipids — fatty acids, the difference between fats and oils, and the sources and uses of lipids
• Nucleic acids — nucleotides, the structure and role of DNA and RNA, and the importance of nucleic acids
• Vitamins — water soluble and fat soluble types, their sources, importance, and the diseases caused by their deficiency