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Biochemistry | Definition| introduction and Scope of Biochemistry

#1 What is Biochemistry

Biochemistry is the language of biology. The tools used for the research in all kinds of medical sciences are dependent on principles of biochemistry.

Definition of Biochemistry

• It is the chemistry of biological process. It deals with the chemical reaction. Such as growth, metabolism, reproduction and heredity etc, As the name indicate biochemistry is the hybrid science. • Biology is the science of living organism and chemistry is the science of atoms and molecule in living organism. • It is the science in which chemistry is implemented to the study of living organism and the atoms and the molecules which comprise the living organism. • Biochemistry is the chemistry of life. It include sciences of: • Molecular biology • Immuno chemistry • Neuro chemistry • Bioorganic chemistry • Biophysical chemistry • Biochemistry helps us in Understanding our biology at molecular level. It is very useful in biomedical and agricultural research. Biochemistry has made significant contribution towards DNA structure.

Scope of biochemistry

• The investigation of biochemistry is essential to understand basic functions of the body. This will give knowledge regarding the functioning of cells at the molecular level. like, How the food that we eat is digested, absorbed, and used to make ingredients of the body.

Scope of Biochemistry 

The term Biochemistry was Discovered by Carl Neuberg in 1903. Biochemistry especially deals with the chemistry of life and living processes,

The scope of biochemistry is as broad as life itself !’ Each and every aspect of life, birth, growth, reproduction, aging and death, involves biochemistry. Every step of life is involved with hundreds of biochemical reactions.

Biochemistry is the most instantly developing and most innovatory discipline in medicine. This becomes visible from the fact that over

the years, the basic share of Nobel Prizes earmarked for Medicine and Physiology has gone to the investigators engaged in biochemistry.


Importance of Biochemistry


Modern day medical services are highly dependent on the laboratory investigation of body fluids, mainly the blood. The disease indications are reflected

in the composition of blood and other tissues.

Hence, the separation of abnormal from normal constituents of the body is another aim of the study of clinical biochemistry.


Jobs related to biochemistry


A Biochemist can works at all level with all type of all biological organisms. He studies the
chemistry of living process such as.
• Breathing
• Digestion
• Growth
• Aging
• Reproduction
• Death
• He develop new method to study the mechanism of biological process. Ile studies
configuration sub microscopic molecule such as protein.
• He studies the chemical component and the process of living system, plants, insects, microorganisms, viruses, and he also tries to describe how and why chemical reaction occurs.
• A biochemist can study the mutation in organism , work in research and pharmaceutical laboratories.

Jobs of Biochemistry


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