Medical Biochemistry

Biochemical concept of clinical state; metabolic derangement in diseased state e.g gout; cholera; cancer; anaemia; kwashiorkor.

Biochemical concept of clinical state; metabolic derangement in diseased state e.g gout; cholera; cancer; anaemia; kwashiorkor; Biochemical basis of and lesion in genetic diseases e.g; sickle cell anaemia; etc; Case studies on metabolic defects e.g human haemoglobin and molecular diseases; e.g sickle cell anaemia; Glucose-6-phophate dehydrogenase deficiency; Disorders of carbohydrate and lipid metabolisms (Diabetes; plasma lipid and coronary heart disease; cholesterol partition in plasma lipoprotein); Inborn errors in metabolisms; Molecular parasitology: Isolation; fractionation and culture of parasites; Comparative metabolic reactions of malarial parasite; trypanosome; and other parasites; Chemotherapy and resistance; Plasma isoenzyme profile in disease state; Plasma protein and A/G ratio; Liver function test; Case studies on metabolic defects; phenylketonuria; orotic aciduria and pseudohyperparathyroidism