Month: December 2014

Biochempages Other Biomolecules December 31, 2014

An overview of NADPH production and its uses

NADPH is the reduced form of Nicotinamide Adenosine Dinucleotide Phosphate or NADP+. It is used in different reductive biosynthetic pathways where it acts as a reducing agent. Biosynthetic pathways such as fatty acid biosynthesis, cholesterol biosynthesis, hormone biosynthesis, etc. all use NADPH as a reducing agent. …

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Biochempages Carbohydrates December 30, 2014

An overview of glycolysis and glycolysis steps

An introduction to the glycolysis Glycolysis is the lysis of glucose molecules. It is a pathway that cleaves one molecule of glucose into two molecules of pyruvate. Glycolysis occurs in the cytosol and involves a set of ten reactions. There are 10 different enzymes loosely associated …

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Biochempages Chromatography December 26, 2014

Partition chromatography principle and applications

Partition chromatography is a type of chromatography. It is one of the most useful biochemical lab procedures of high use. Biochemistry and chemistry researchers use partition chromatography to separate different biomolecules such as proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids. Partition chromatography involves differences in the retention factor (K) as …

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