This course introduces students to an in-depth study of the function and structural moiety of organic macromolecules of biological relevance. Topics to be discussed in this course will revolve around classification carbohydrates, stereoisomerism in carbohydrates, polyfunctional chemistry of simple sugars, cellulose and its derivatives, enzymatic glycogen hydrolysis, conversion of ATP to ADP, and proteins (classification, amino acids, peptides, determination of protein structure), nucleic acids, nucleosides, nucleotides, and synthetic polymers.
Course Code:
CHE 324
No. of Credits:
3
Level:
Level 300
Course Semester:
Second Semester
Select Programme(s):
Chemistry