To study the various biochemical pathways in plants and to study the structure of various biomolecules.
Classification, catabolism and anabolism of carbohydrates, Chemistry, conformation and functions of monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, polysaccharides and glycoproteins including starch, cellulose and pectins.
Structure of protein: primary , secondary ,tertiary, quaternary, Ramachandran plot, techniques of protein purification, ion exchange chromatography, size exclusion chromatography, protein folding, chemical and enzymatic hydrolysis of protein to peptides, composition and sequence analysis of proteins: N and C terminal analysis.
Introduction, classes of lipids, lipid structure, metabolism of lipids, and function of derived lipids: phospholipids, sphingolipids, cholesterol, plasmalogens and glycerolipids.
Biochemistry and function of thiamine, riboflavin, nicotinic acid, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, biotin, folic acid, vitamin B12, ascorbic acid, vitamin A , vitamin D vitamin E and vitamin K, clinical aspect of vitamin deficiency.
Introduction to enzyme, classification, regulation of enzyme activity, mechanism of action, enzyme kinetics, Michaelis-Menten equation, coenzymes, isozymes, ribozymes and abzymes.
Biosynthesis and functions of secondary metabolites with special reference to alkaloids, tannins, lignins, sapogenins, coumarins, cardiac glycosides, anthocyanins.