Lab work includes field gathering, isolation and identification of compounds. First summer session. The basic principles of biochemistry. Emphasis is on the structure and function of proteins and lipids and the metabolic processes occurring within living organisms. The basic principles of biochemistry.
Emphasis is on nucleic acid chemistry, carbohydrates, and immune response.
3 Topics of interest to the consumer, with focus on making personal choices about the use of everyday chemicals. Topics include food additives and nutrition, cosmetics, drugs, pesticides, fertilizers, soaps, detergents, fabrics and plastics. For upper division credit, this course will require extensive writing exercises culminating in a major research paper on a consumer topic. Credit will not be given for both Chemistry 123B and 323B. Fall and winter terms. 3 Studies of the effects produced by drugs and of their administration, absorption, distribution and excretion.