THE CHEMISTRY OF ORGANIC MOLECULES I. MACROMOLECULES-large molecules that are composed of smaller molecules and atoms that are bonded together. These are among the largest of all chemical molecules. A. Polymers-the largest of the macromolecules. These are composed of numerous‚ small identical subunits known as Monomers. There are 4 major polymers that are important for living organisms. These polymers are; carbohydrates‚ lipids‚ proteins and nucleic acids. B. Polymers
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Organic Food vs Non Organic Food In today’s society you walk into a grocery store and you always have the option of organic or non organic food. There are even grocery stores dedicated to organic foods like Trader Joe’s‚ Sprouts and Whole Food market. I personally have gone organic and will never go back to eating or drinking non organic food. Organic food may be pricey but less hormones‚ less cow puss and blood in your milk‚ and less pesticides. The controversies about organic food vs non organic
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4/19/2010 Stress is the ‘wear and tear’ our bodies experience as we adjust to our continual changing environment; it has physical and emotional effects on us and it can create negative feelings. As a positive influence‚ stress can help compel us to action; result in a new awareness and an exciting new perspective. As a negative influence stress can result in feeling of distrust‚ rejection anger‚ and depression‚ which in turn can cause health problems such as headaches‚ upset stomach
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Also‚ the nature of the solvent can affect which substitution reaction will occur. Polar protic solvents typically favor SN1 reactions. This is because the SN1 mechanism is carried out in two steps and the polar protic solvent produces both a cation and an anion which are capable of stabilizing the charges on the ions formed during the reaction. Because an SN2 reaction occurs in one step‚ this is unfavorable; however‚ the SN2 reactions tend to favor polar aprotic solvents. Another factor affecting
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Which of the following are also found in the cell membrane: lipids‚ proteins‚ or carbohydrates? What is the role of steroids in a cell membrane? Cell membranes contain all three of the above groups‚ lipids are found abundantly in cell membranes‚ steroids are a type of lipids which helps with membrane fluidity by restricting the motion of the fatty acid tails. PROTEINS 1. Scroll down to proteins. List the six functions
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Bacteria Bacteria are microscopic organisms whose single cells have neither a membrane-enclosed nucleus nor other membrane-enclosed organelles like mitochondria and chloroplasts. Another group of microbes‚ the archaea‚ meet these criteria but are very different from the bacteria in other ways. In fact‚ there is considerable evidence that you are more closely related to the archaea than they are to the bacteria! Bacteria are living things that are neither plants nor animals‚ but belong to a group
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CM5121 Graduate Organic Chemistry General Administration Matters Dr. Zhang Sheng Office no: S7-03-12 Email: chmzs@nus.edu.sg CM5121 Assessments CA (quiz‚ project) 50% Final Exam (Closed Book) 50% CA: choose 2 out of 3 Quiz 1 (Week 7‚ closed book) 25% Quiz 2 (Week 11‚ closed book) 25% Project Presentation 25% (Week 11-13) 2 Syllabus Broadly divided into 2 parts: 1) Pericyclic Reactions i) Electrocyclic ii) Cycloaddition and cycloreversion iii) Sigmatropic 2) Rearrangements
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There are many kind of cell membrane disease‚ There are : Cystic Fibrosis Cystic Fibrosis is a disease that cause by gene mutation of CFTR Protein. CFTR it’s stand for Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. This disease causes too much production of thick mucus‚ then the mucus will blocked the ion transport in epithelial cells that line the passageways of the lungs‚ pancreas‚ and other organs. If the passageways of the lungs is blocked by the thick mucus‚ it will make the sufferer
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Organic chemistry Organic chemistry is one of the ‘branches’ of chemistry and is seen as distinct from other branches‚ such as inorganic and physical chemistry. It can be described as the chemistry living processes (often referred to as biochemistry) but extends beyond that. It focuses almost entirely on the chemistry of covalently bonded carbon molecules and as well as life processes‚ it includes the chemistry of other types of compounds‚ including plastics‚ petrochemicals‚ drugs and paint
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Resting membrane potentials Definition: Large nerve fibers when not transmitting nerve signals is about 90 millivolt. That is‚ the potential inside the fiber is 90 millivolts more negative than the potential in the extracellular fluid on the outside of the fiber. The Na+-k+ pump also causes large concentration gradients for sodium and potassium across the resting nerve membrane. These gradients are the following: Sodium ( outside): 142 mEq/L Sodium ( inside): 14 mEq/L Potassium ( outside):
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