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Decks in this class (18)

Functional groups
What is a carboxyl group,
What is a hydroxyl group,
What is a carbonyl group
4  cards
Bonding
What are electrostatic interactions,
What residues might be present on...,
When are the electrostatic intera...
12  cards
Amino acids
What is an amino acid by definition,
What are alpha amino acids,
What is the acid equation
16  cards
Peptides
What are amides a product of,
Amide bond structure,
Amide synthesis
5  cards
Protein Structure
What is primary structure,
What is secondary structure mainl...,
What makes nh a good hydrogen bon...
40  cards
Protein Function
What are the two types of proteins,
What are fibrous proteins used for,
What are globular proteins used for
11  cards
Nucleic Acids
What are the 3 main components of...,
What do phosphates do,
What are the two different types ...
38  cards
Carbohydrates
Saccharides,
Monosaccharides,
Alcohol
22  cards
Lipids
What is the main structure of lipids,
What are fatty acids readily able...,
How does the top part of fatty ac...
18  cards
Cells
What is cell membrane made up of,
What is the purpose of the cell m...,
What can pass trhough the membrane
33  cards
Metabolism
What is metabolism,
How can you overcome the problem ...
2  cards
Enzymes
What do proteases do,
What do phosphatases do,
What do ribonucleases do
46  cards
Receptors and signalling
How to cells communicate,
What do neurons and nerve cells do,
What does the communication betwe...
46  cards
Drug design and discovery
What is a drug,
What are the developments in drug...,
What does an assay do
33  cards
Target based drug discovery
What is target based drug discovery,
What is pharmacokinetics,
What is pharmacodynamics
28  cards
Absorption & Distribution
What is absorption,
What is distribution,
What is metabolism
47  cards
Metabolism & Excretion
What is catabolism,
What is anabolism,
What is metabolism a combination of
65  cards
Cancer
What is cancer,
Benign,
Malignant cancer
23  cards

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