ENVS 2210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Emulsion, Anabolism, Catabolism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Environmental Sciences
• Course: ENVS 2210
• Professor: Ernesto Guzman

Document Summary

Unit 3: food chemistry: macro and micro components. Atom: the smallest unit of an element that make chemical bonds, ex. covalent bonds, hydrogen bonds, ionic bonds, van der waals bonds. Molecules: the smallest identifiable units of pure substances, are involved in chemical reactions. Reactions: chemical changes, classified as electron-transfer or oxidation-reduction reactions. Metabolism: a general term to refer to all chemical reactions occurring in a living system, 2 processes, anabolism, reactions involving the synthesis of compounds, catabolism, reactions involving the breakdown of compounds. Macro component: comprise a large portion of food mass.