Biochemistry Answers

State which vitamin is deficient in the following scenarios?
A malnourished child presents with bruising and bleeding gums. The illness is characterised by abnormal collagen and absence of proline hydroxylation

State which vitamin is deficient in the following scenarios?
7.2.1 A 43-year-old alcoholic who also suffered from memory loss is found to have decreased amounts of myelin around the axons with abnormal odd chain fatty acid breakdown.

Describe the changes that occur in the levels of plasma insulin, plasma glucagon, plasma free fatty acids, blood glucose, liver glycogen and blood ketone bodies when the body is in the fasting state

Compare and contrast trans- and cis- fatty acids.

Describe the structure of sphingomyelin and mention an associated hereditary disease

Classify lipids and give an example each.

Compare and contrast between glycogen and cellulose?

Describe galactosaemia as a perturbation of carbohydrate metabolism.

Distinguish between amylose and amylopectin.

Define point mutation and describe three types of point mutation.