Carbohydrates, also known as hydrated carbons are organic compounds. They contain hydrogen and oxygen in the same ratio as in water plus carbons. Therefore they are called hydrated carbons or carbohydrates. They are also called carbs (short form). These carbs are very important for human body as … [Read more...]
Effects of Radiations on Human body- A true story from Japan
Radiations doesn’t matter of what type, always seemed damaging for human body. Though they are a useful weapon in the treatment of cancer, yet, their side effects are enormous. Let’s tell you what radiations did to a Japanese man about 17 years ago. A story of Hiroshi: This man named Hiroshi Ouchi … [Read more...]
Differences between Glycolysis and HMP Shunt
Glycolysis (also called Embden Meyerhoff pathway) and HMP shunt (also called pentose phosphate pathway, phosphogluconate pathway or direct pathway) both are glucose breakdown pathways. The difference is that glycolysis is the breakdown of glucose up to pyruvate or lactate. While HMP shunt is the … [Read more...]
Download Clinical biochemistry made ridiculously simple pdf
Clinical biochemistry is the medical subject which deals with different chemical mechanisms in the human body and their effects on human body when they are abnormal. It also involves the clinical side and that's why it is called clinical biochemistry.Previously we have shared a few popular books … [Read more...]
MBBS 2nd year books
MBBS stands for Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. It is based on five year course and one year house job. There are different subjects for different years and every time the student is promoted to next class he/she starts searching about new book of new subjects. Here in this post i will … [Read more...]
Seliwanoff’s test for the detection of Fructose
Principle of Seliwanoff's test Seliwanoff's test is used for difference between ketose and aldose sugars. It is for the detection of fructose i.e this test is positive for fructose and negative for other sugar. With the help of this test we can easily distinguish and detect fructose … [Read more...]
Barfoed’s test for monosaccharides
Barfeod's test is a qualitative test used to check the presence of monosaccharides in an unknown solution.Barfeod's reagent react with monosaccharide and precipitate is formed.It also react with disaccharide but the reaction is slow and monosaccharides can be easily distinguished from disaccharides … [Read more...]
Benedict’s test for reducing sugar
This test is for finding whether the sugar is reducible or non reducible.It is both qualitative as well as quantitative test.This test is used for laboratory detection of different sugars as well as diabetes via urine test. Principle of Benedict's test: When reducing sugars are heated in basic … [Read more...]
Iodine test for starch
Starch is the carbohydrate storage unit of plants.It can be detected in a solution via starch-iodine test.If you have an unknown solution and you are asked to detect whether starch is present in this solution or nor, you would have to perform starch test.For this test,follow the procedure … [Read more...]
Difference between hemoglobin A and foetal hemoglobin
Hemoglobin is on oxygen carrying pigment, which is present in Red blood cells.It consists of two parts Heam which is the prosthetic part attached to protein called globin protein.Heme is an Iron (Fe) porphyrin, which is composed of four pyrol rings and centrally attached iron atom in the form of … [Read more...]