This note covers the
following topics: Significance of Fatty Acid Metabolism, Acetyl CoA, General
Features of Fatty Acid Structure, Nomenclature, De novo Synthesis of Fatty
Acids, Modification of Dietary and Endogenous Fatty Acids, Mobilization and
Transport of Adipose Fatty Acid, Fatty Acid Activation and Transport into the
Mitochondria, Mitochondrial beta-oxidation, Synthesis and Utilization of Ketone
Bodies and Overall Regulation of Fatty Acid Metabolism.
This note explains
about the following topics: Heme synthesis, Porphyrias, Heme degradation,
Iron metabolism, Iron absorption, Regulation of iron uptake, Iron transport and
storage.
This
note covers the following topics: Chemistry of the bonds in biological
macromolecules, Helicity in macromolecules, Macromolecular folding,
Macromolecular interactions and Denaturation.