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Chemical Aspects of Metabolic Processes

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Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2026-2027

Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 12 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 12 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OAF-ACK-T
  • 1 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Optional modul
  • autumn semester
Prerequisites:

-

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 24

Topic

The goal of this course is to highlight the connections between the preliminary knowledge of chemistry and the more complex biochemical procedures. Students will focus on the chemical background of biochemistry with an emphasised focus on theoretical principles that can be universally observed throughout the biochemical and medical biochemical fields. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the possibilities and boundaries of chemistry.

Lectures

  • 1. Introduction, atomic structure, - Bognár Zita, Kiss Bence
  • 2.

    Chemical elements present in the human body, Periodic table

    - Kiss Bence
  • 3.

    Chemical bonds, intermolecular interactions

    - Kiss Bence
  • 4.

    The main types of reactions that occur in biochemical processes

    - Jakus Péter Balázs
  • 5. The main solutions found in the human body, equilibriums - Kiss Bence, Bognár Zita
  • 6.

    The main buffer systems in the human body

    - Kiss Bence
  • 7.

    Metabolic-, respiratory-acidosis

    - Bognár Zita, Kiss Bence
  • 8.

    The occurrence of saturated, unsaturated, even- and odd-chain fatty acids in the human body

    - Kiss Bence
  • 9.

    Amino acids and amino acid derivatives in the human body

    - Kiss Bence
  • 10.

    Oxygen containing organic I. (Alcohols, Phenols, Oxo, Carboxy)

    - Kiss Bence
  • 11.

    Nitrogen containing organic molecules I. (Amines, Amides)

    - Kiss Bence
  • 12.

    Nitrogen containing organic II. (Heterocycles, Nucleotides)

    - Bognár Zita, Kiss Bence

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Notes

Recommended literature

Veronika Nagy (ed.): Laboratory Experiments in Medical Chemistry, Internet edition, Univ. Med. School of Pécs, 2011

 

Hein-Pattison-Arena-Best: Introduction to Chemistry General, Organic, and Biochemistry, latest edition

 

P. Gergely (ed.): Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry for Medical Students, latest edition, Univ. Med. School of Debrecen

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

none

Mid-term exams

Active participation in lectures, Socrative test.

Making up for missed classes

none

Exam topics/questions

none

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

Rólunk