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UNIT 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOCHEMISTRY
1 Introduction to Biochemistry Rafi MD- Textbook of 1
Biochemistry, Third 6
2 water as a biological solvent Edition
3 weak acid and bases, pH, buffers U.Satyanarayana & 677-679
U.Chakrapani - 476
4 Maintenance of blood pH
Biochemistry
5 Handerson - Hassel Balch equation 477
Rafi MD- Textbook of 2
6 Energy in living organism Biochemistry, Third
Edition
Properties of water and their applications in biological U Satyanarayana & U 467
7
systems Chakrapani - Biochemistry
8 Osmosis: Definition 681
9 measurement of Osmotic pressure 681
10 Biological membrane 623
Rafi MD- Textbook of 359,457
11 Clinical application of Electrolytes and radioisotopes. Biochemistry, Third
Edition

UNIT 2 CARBOHYDRATES AND LIPIDS

Classification of carbohydrates- monosaccharide’s- Rafi MD- Textbook of 17-26
1
Glucose, oligo and polysaccharides Biochemistry, Third
2 Structure and properties of carbohydrates Edition 17-26
3 Functions of carbohydrates 16-17
4 Lipids: Classification of lipids 30
5 Functions 29
6 Fatty acids 30
7 Nomenclature of Fatty acids 31-32
8 Phospholipids 34-36
9 Glycolipids 37
10 Lipoproteins 37-38
11 Amphipathic Lipids and their biological significance 38-39
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UNIT 3 AMINO ACIDS AND PROTEINS

Amino acids: Classification – Based on structure and Rafi MD- Textbook of
1 43-47
chemical nature, nutrition and solubility Biochemistry, Third
2 properties of amino acids Edition 47-48
3 Functions of amino acids 43
4 Proteins: Classification 49-51
5 Structure-primary, secondary and tertiary 52-56
6 Properties of proteins 48
7 Nucleotides and Nuclei acids: Structural aspects 62-63
8 Functions 63-64
9 DNA- Watson-Crick model of DNA structure 64-65
10 RNA- Types- m-RNA t-RNA 66,67

UNIT 4 CELL DEGENERATION, REPAIR AND

NEOPLASIA
1 Cell injury: Reversible cell injury Robbins & Cotran - 37
2 Mechanism of cell injury Pathologic basis of 49-51
disease , Volume 1
3 Cell death 37
4 Necrosis, Apoptosis 39-45
5 Hypoxia and Ischemia 55,56
6 Intracellular accumulations 62-65
7 Pathological calcification- Dystrophic and Metastatic 65,66
8 Cellular ageing 66-68
9 Repair:Cell regeneration 103
10 Factors influencing tissue repair 108
11 Wound healing 110
12 Neoplasia: Benign and Malignant tumors 268
13 genetic and epigenetic of carcinogenesis 281
14 Carcinogenic agents and their cellular interactions 320-327

UNIT 5 FUNDAMENTALS OF MICROBIOLOGY

AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY
1 Ananthanarayan and
Paniker’s – Textbook of
Microscopes: Light microscope 10
Microbiology- Tenth
edition
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2 Electron microscope-TEM & SEM
3 Bacteria: Morphology Ananthanarayan and 201
4 Pathogenicity Paniker’s – Textbook of 203
Microbiology- Tenth
5 Epidemiology 205
edition
6 Laboratory Diagnosis 206
7 Virus: Morphology 433
8 Classification-DNA and RNA virus 445-448
9 Viral Multiplication 437
10 Immunity: Types- Innate and Acquired immunity 80-87
11 89-93
Antigen and Antibodies
95-103
12 Antigen-Antibody Reactions 105-109
13 Immune Response 147-153
14 Production of antibodies 149
15 Hypersensitivity 163
16 Immunodeficiency diseases 180-183

Text Books:
1. Rafi MD- Textbook of Biochemistry, Third Edition
2. U Satyanarayana & U Chakrapani – Biochemistry
3. Robbins & Cotran -Pathologic basis of disease , Volume 1
4. Ananthanarayan and Paniker’s – Textbook of Microbiology- Tenth edition