Beta oxidation of fatty acid
Digestion of dietary lipids releases two important primary end products namely; fatty acids and glycerol. Fatty acids thus formed release a large amount of energy […]
Biology
Krebs cycle or Citric Acid Cycle or TCA cycle
The cycle is named variously as citric acid cycle or tri-carboxylic acid cycle (TCA cycle), because citric acid is the starting compound of the cycle […]
Osmoregulation, its mechanism and control
Osmoregulation is a homeostatic process by which the water content and the concentration of salts in the body of an animal is maintained. The term […]
Mechanism of breathing and its neural regulation
The process of respiration in human beings gets completed in four steps; Breathing External respiration Internal respiration (tissue respiration) Cellular respiration (Oxidation of glucose) Breathing […]
Ageing, its causes and effects on our body
Ageing simply means becoming older. There are lots of changes like physical, psychological and social changes occurring in human body over time. It is not […]
Chemical composition and International classification of enzymes
Except for a small group of RNA molecules that act as catalyst, all enzymes are proteins. Catalytic activity of enzymes depends on the integrity of […]
Enzymes, their characteristics and importance
Enzymes are organic compounds (mostly proteins) produced by the living cells to speed up the spontaneous biochemical reactions in and outside the cells in living […]
Polyploidy: Causes, Types and Significance
Mutation caused by the change in the number of chromosomes in an organism is called ploidy or genomatic mutation. It is further of two types: […]
Diseases transmitted by mosquitoes and their prevention
Mosquitoes spread or transmit the worst diseases in people. Diseases like encephalitis, filarial, dengue, malaria, yellow fever are transmitted by mosquito bites. S.N. Diseases Mosquito […]
Allergy (steps of development of allergy, allergens and few allergic diseases in humans)
Normally, the immune response eradicates infecting organisms without any serious injury to host tissues. However, sometimes the responses are inadequately controlled or inappropriately targeted to […]