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1
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Vitamin can be used in the management of hyperlipidemia

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Niacin

MOA: inhibition of VLDL secretion

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2
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Positive visible result for Liebermann-Burchard test

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Bluish green color

The solution becomes red, then blue, and finally bluish-green color

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3
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Acetic acid-sulfuric acid test for cholesterol is more commonly known as

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Liebermann-Burchard test

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4
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The Salkowski test for cholesterol utilizes what strong acid?

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Sulfuric acid

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5
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The state of high serum levels if acetoacetic acid and B-hydroxybutyric acid is called

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Ketonemia

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6
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Combination of ketonuria and ketonemia

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Ketosis

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7
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3-carbon fatty acid derivative arises from the catabolism of fatty acids containing odd-numbered carbons

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Propionyl CoA

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8
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Gangliosides, cerebrosides and cytolipins are collectively called

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Glycolipids

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9
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Fatty acids, sphingosine, glucose, galactose

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Cytolipins

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10
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Fats and fixed oils when heated moderately

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Fats liquefy, oils become less viscous

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11
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Fats and fixed oils when heated strongly

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Decomposition occurs accompanied by the production of acrid flammable vapors

Acridity is due to the formation of propenal or acrolein

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12
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Cocoa butter is a vegetable oil but it is

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Solid

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13
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COD liver oil is an animal fat but it is

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Liquid

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14
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Lard

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Fixed oils and fats

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15
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Esters of glycerol in combination with fatty acid, phosphoric acid, and certain nitrogenous compounds

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Phospholipids

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16
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Class of heterogenous group of compounds, which are more related by their physical than by their chemical properties

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Lipids

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17
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How many ATPs are produced in the conversion of one mole of FADH2 to FAD?

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2

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18
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How many ATPs are produced in the conversion of one mole of NAD to NADH?

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3

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19
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How many ATPs are produced for every acety CoA oxidized?

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12

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20
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This is the only reaction in the TCA that involves FAD/FADH2

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Succinate to fumarate

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21
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This is the only reaction coupled with substrate level phosphorylation in the TCA

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Succinly CoA to succinate

22
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Enzyme present only in the liver and kidney and not in the muscles

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Glucose-6-phosphatase

23
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2 enzymes used to bypass the pyruvate kinase reaction of glycolysis

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Pyruvate carboxylase
PEP carboxykinase

24
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Enzyme in gluconeogenesis used to bypass the PFK reaction

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Fructose biphosphatase

25
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Enzyme in gluconeogenesis employed to bypass the hexokinase reaction

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Glucose-6-phosphatase

26
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Enzymes of gluconeogenesis are only confined in

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Liver and kidneys

27
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Tocopherol, carotene and glutathione are examples of

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Reducing agents
Antioxidants

28
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An enzyme which converts hydrogen peroxide to water

29
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Product of the complete reduction of oxygen

30
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Control points of TCA

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  • Citrate reaction (inh. by ATP)
  • Isocitrate-dehydrogenase* (inh. by ATP)*
  • a-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase reaction (inh. by succinyl CoA and NADH)
31
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Enzyme which catalyzes the conversion of Acetyl CoA and Oxaloacetate to citrate

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Citrate synthase

32
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Cell in the body which lacks mitochondria which renders them incapable of TCA

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Erythrocytes

33
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The total net ATP produced in aerobic glycolysis

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6 to 8 ATP per mole of hexose

34
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The formation of lactate and 2 ATP is the net yield

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Anaerobic glycolysis

35
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There is no NADH production

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Anaerboic glycolysis

36
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Glycerol PO4 shuttle yields

37
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Malate-aspartate shuttle yields

38
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Enzymes catalyze irreversible steps in glycolysis

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PFK
hexokinase
Pyruvate kinase

39
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In all phosphorylation reactions, this metal is an essential cofactor

40
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This enzyme is the key enzyme that links glycolysis, TCA cycle, amino acid metabolism, and fatty acid oxidation

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Pyruvate kinase

41
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Enzyme most important in controlling glycolysis

42
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ATP consuming stage(s) in glycolysis

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  1. Irreversible phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate
  2. Irreversible phosphorylation of fructose-6-phosphate to fructose-1,6-bisphosphate
43
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A sugar which forms an insoluble white phenylhydrazone readily

44
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Test that can differentiate galactose from lactose

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Barfoed’s test

45
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Other name for Tauber’s test for ketoses

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Aminoguanidine reaction

46
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Raffinose, a trisaccharide is also known as

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Melitose
Melitriose

47
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Mucopolysaccharide is also known as

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Glycosaminoglycans

48
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a-amylase cleaves_to maltose and maltotriose

49
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Universal recipient

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AB

Has neither anti-A nor anti-B antibodies

50
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Cells markers for ABO blood types are what type of biopolymers?

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Carbohydrates

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