Ammonia Toxicity
Ammonia Toxicity Ammonia is highly toxic. Even a marginal elevation in the blood ammonia concentration is harmful to the brain. Ammonia, when it accumulates in […]
Glucose-Alanine Cycle
Glucose-Alanine Cycle Introduction: There is a continuous transport of amino acids from muscle to liver, which predominantly occurs during starvation. Alanine dominates among the transported […]
Oxidative Decarboxylation (Conversion of Pyruvate To Acetyl CoA)
Oxidative Decarboxylation (Conversion of Pyruvate To Acetyl CoA) Transport of Pyruvate: To enter the matrix from the cytosol, pyruvate first diffuses through large openings in […]
URONIC ACID PATHWAY (Glucuronic pathway)
URONIC ACID PATHWAY (Glucuronic pathway) This is an alternative oxidative pathway for glucose and is also known as the glucuronic pathway. Concerned with the synthesis […]
Hemolysis and Fragility Test
Hemolysis and Fragility Test of Red Blood Cells Hemolysis: Hemolysis is the destruction of red blood cells. It is the process, which involves the breakdown […]
Transport in Cells (Uptake of Nutrients)
Transport in Cells (Uptake of Nutrients) Introduction: The plasma membrane is a selectively permeable barrier between the cell and the extracellular environment. Its permeability properties […]
ISO 22000 (Food Safety Management)
ISO 22000 (Food Safety Management) Introduction: The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) developed the Food Safety Management System Certification: ISO 22000. ISO 22000 is a […]
Ketone Bodies
Ketone Bodies In humans and most other mammals, acetyl-CoA formed in the liver during oxidation of fatty acids can either enter the citric acid cycle […]
Microscopy And Microscope
Microscopy And Microscope Microscopy Microscopy is the technical field of using microscopes to view samples and objects that cannot be seen with the unaided eye (objects that are […]
Shuttle Pathways or systems: Glycerophosphate shuttle and Malate-aspartate shuttle
Shuttle Pathways or Systems (Transport of reducing equivalents) The inner mitochondrial membrane is impermeable to NADH. NADH produced in the cytosol cannot directly enter […]