CHEM 3360 Chapter Notes -Bioaccumulation, Disaccharide, Toxicant

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 3360
• Professor: Kathryn J Stuttaford

Document Summary

2. 1 life chemical processes (cid:224) biochemistry: science of chemical processes that occur in living organisms sustainable chemical and biological science= organism that carry out biochemical processes have evolved enzymes can function only under mild conditions (avoid high temperatures, high pressure and corrosive and reactive chemicals that often characterize synthetic chemical operations) (cid:224) green biochemistry: sustainable chemical science determine the nature of species, degradations and syntheses in soil and aquatic env. environmental biochemistry (essential to know toxic effects of materials= toxicological chemistry) (cid:224) biochemical: molecules that are made by living organisms through biological processes. 2. 2 biochemistry and the cell (cid:224) cell= unit operations, for carrying out biochemical processes (e. g. photosynthetic cyanobacteria; individual cells use sunlight for energy and simple inorganic substances for raw materials) (cid:224) bacteria, yeasts, protozoa and some algae consist of single cells: eukaryotic cells (have nucleus, in multicellular plants and animals, prokaryotic cells (in single celled bacteria) (cid:224) cell structure important in determining the nature of biomaterials.