AIMS AND CONTENT

TEACHING METHODS

Traditional lectures and classroom exercises (72 hours)

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Functional groups, classification, structure and properties of main organic compounds. Main organic reaction mechanisms: nucleophilic substitution, electrophilic addition, elimination, reactions of carbonyl/carboxyl groups, chemical reactivity of benzene. Synthetic polymers: classification, polymerisation reactions, properties. Molecules of biological interest: carbohydrates, amino acids and proteins, lipids, DNA and RNA. Complexes.
Enzymology. Oxygen binding and transporting proteins: mioglobin and hemoglobin. Principle of bioenergetics. Metabolism. Glycolysis and gluconeogenesis. Ketonic bodies. Glycogen synthesis and glycogenolysis. Pentose phosphate pathway. Citric acid cycle. Oxidative phosphorylation. Lipid metabolism. Protein degradation. Urea cycle. Clinic Tests for glucose, lipid and protein metabolism.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

SANTINA BRUZZONE (President)

ELISABETTA FINOCCHIO (President)

GIANLUCA DAMONTE

GIANGUIDO RAMIS

LESSONS

EXAMS

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Oral examination (single oral test covering all the topics of the program, or two separate partial oral tests for Chemistry and Biochemistry topics)

Exam schedule