introduction to Biochemistry

biochemistry is the study of the chemistry taking place in living organisms, especially the structure and function of their chemical components.

concerned with the entire spectrum of life forms, from relatively simple viruses and bacteria to complex human

Biochemistry and medicine are intimately related

Advances in biochemical knowledge have illuminated many

areas of medicine, and the study of diseases has often revealed

previously unsuspected aspects of biochemistry.

Biochemical approaches are often fundamental in illuminating

the causes of diseases and in designing appropriate therapies,

and various biochemical laboratory tests represent an integral

component of diagnosis and monitoring of treatment

its branches include

Structural biochemistry

An area of biochemistry which aims to understand the chemical architecture of biological macromolecules, especially proteins and nucleic acids (DNA and RNA). 

Bio-organic Chemistry

An area of chemistry that deals with the study of organic compounds (ie, those having carbon-carbon or carbon-hydrogen covalent bonds) that come specifically from living things

Enzymology.

Studies the behaviour of biological catalysts or enzymes, such as certain proteins and certain catalytic RNA and the coenzymes and cofactors such as metals and vitamins.

Metablic biochemistry

An area of biochemistry who claim to know the different types of metabolic pathways at the cellular level, and organic context. 

xenobiotics

This is the discipline that studies the metabolic behavior of the compounds whose chemical structure is not proper in the regular metabolism of a given organism.