Kinetics for Bioscientist
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788776814694
Table of contents: title: Content; title: 1. Why a Bioscientist should care about kinetics; title: 1.1. Introduction and learning outcomes; title: 1.2. Problem: Elimination of alcohol from the body; title: 1.3. Problem: Growth of an E.coli culture; title: 1.4. Problem: Cancer; title: 1.5. Summary; title: 2. Rates, speeds and velocities; title: 2.1. Introduction and learning outcomes; title: 2.2. Definitions; title: 2.3. Average and instantaneous rates; title: 2.4. Working with instantaneous rates; title: 2.5. Summary; title: 3. Zero Order Reactions; title: 3.1. Introduction and learning outcomes; title: 3.2. Some definitions for zero order reactions; title: 3.3. Developing the tools for a zero order reaction; title: 3.4. Problem: Elimination of a drug from the metabolism; title: 3.5. Problem: Transport of growth hormone receptor to cell membrane; title: 3.6. Which equation should I use to calculate the product of a reaction?; title: 3.7. Problem solving strategies; title: 3.8. Equations for zero order reactions; title: 3.9. More practice questions; title: 4. First order reaction; title: 4.1. Introduction and learning outcomes; title: 4.2. Some definitions for first order reactions; title: 4.3. Developing the tools for a first order reaction; title: 4.4. Problem: Elimination of a drug from the metabolism; title: 4.5. Problem: Radioactive decay; title: 4.6. Problem: Degradation of a receptor/ligand dimer; title: 4.7. Problem: Growth of a population; title: 4.8. Problem Solving Strategies; title: 4.9. Equations for a first order reaction; title: 4.10. More practice questions; title: 5. Second order reaction – a special case; title: 5.1. Introduction and learning outcomes; title: 5.2. Some general definitions of a second order reaction; title: 5.3. Developing the tools for a second order reaction; title: 5.4. Problem: Dimerization of the receptor for a growth hormone; title: 5.5. Problem: Formation of active reverse transcriptase dimers; title: 5.6. Problem solving strategies; title: 5.7. Equations for second order reactions in which the reactants are the same chemical; title: 5.8. More practice questions; title: 6. Second order reaction with different reactants; title: 6.1. Introduction and learning outcomes; title: 6.2. Extension of the second order rate concept; title: 6.3. Pseudo-orders; title: 6.4. Problem: Hydrolysis of Acetylcholine; title: 6.5. Problem solving strategies; title: 7. Determine the order of a reaction; title: 7.1. Introduction and learning outcomes; title: 7.2. The significance of ‘initial rates’; title: 7.3. Effect of reactant concentrations on rates; title: 7.4. Equations for the determination of rate orders; title: 7.5. Problem: Determine the rate order of a reaction; title: 7.6. Rate orders and Molecularity of a reaction; title: 7.7. Fractal and negative rate orders; title: 7.8. Problem Solving Strategy; title: 7.9. More practice questions; title: 8. Complex reactions with several reactants; title: 8.1. Introduction and learning outcomes; title: 8.2. The general rate law expression for reactions with several reactants; title: 8.3. Determining individual rate orders from experimental data; title: 8.4. Determine the rate constant for a reactions with several reactants; title: 8.5. Problem: Calculate rates and concentrations of reactants from data sets; title: 8.6. Problem Solving Strategy; title: 8.7. More practice questions; title: 9. Coupled reactions; title: 9.1. Introduction and learning outcomes; title: 9.2. The General Mass Action (GMA) representation for complex reactions; title: 9.3. The GMA representation for a reversible reaction; title: 9.4. Problem: Calculate the equilibrium constant of a complex reversible reaction; title: 9.5. Problem: Calculating equilibrium concentrations from rate constants; title: 9.6. Problem solving strategies; title: 9.7. More problem questions; title: 10. Model Answers to practice questions; title: 10.1. Answers to Chapter 3; title: 10.2. Answers to Chapter 4; title: 10.3. Answers to Chapter 5; title: 10.4. Answers to Chapter 7; title: 10.5. Answers to Chapter 8; title: 10.6. Answers to Chapter 9