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UNAM

FACULTY SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT Chemistry and Biochemistry

SUBJECT Health & Nutritional Biochemistty

SUBJECT CHN3842
CODE

DATE November 2018

DURATION 2 Hours MARJ<S 80

SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION
Examin€ft MsTNawinda
Moderators: Prof FD Dakora

This Question Paper consists of 2 pages including this cover page.

Instructions
You must answer al! the questions
Number your questions correctly.
Write neatly and legibly
Please be reminded that cheating in the examination will result in a
Question 1 [40]

a) Name 3 zymogens and their source in the digestive system (6)

b) Name the three most referred to hormones in digestion and state their functions (6)

c) Explain why resistance of protein to digestion is commonly observed in infants and

outline the advantages and disadvantages ofthis resistance (6)

d) State four enhancers of iron absorption (4)

e) State and explain the three ways by which calcium is absorbed (6)

f) State four factors that contribute to vitamin D deficiency (4)

g) Name and explain four deficiency diseases associated with vitamin A (8)

Question 2 I40l

a) Name and explain five (5) diseases associated with malabsorption (10)

b) Microbes in our gastrointestinal tract are classed in three groups

(i) Name these groups and what each of them produce (6)

(ii) With the help of a diagram, show how they are dependent on each other (4)

c) Define the following terms (4)

D Obesity
iD Cancer
d) Various techniques exist for fat content measurement. Name any three of these

techniques and explain how each is used (6)

e) Outline the sequence of events that contribute to the regulation of food intake and
storage (6)

Name and explain the two genes associated with cancer (4)