Notes |
Percentage |
Evaluation weight |
Evaluation duration |
Evaluation methods |
No. |
|
15% |
15 |
Fifth week
|
First written test (multiple choice style and essay questions) |
1 |
|
15% |
15 |
Tenth week
|
First written test (multiple choice style and essay questions) |
2 |
|
10% |
10 |
|
Reports on experiments |
3 |
|
10% |
10 |
|
Attendance and experiments conductance |
4 |
|
50% |
50 |
Last week |
Final Exam |
5 |
Course Content
Week |
Scientific topic |
Teaching hours |
Lectures |
Exercises |
Discussion |
1 |
First, qualitative (descriptive) ways to identify amino acids - An overview of the nature of amino acids, their chemical properties |
3 |
|
|
|
2 |
Second, the practical aspect: 1- General detection of amino acids, nindehydrin reagent. |
3 |
|
|
|
3 |
2- Detection of aromatic amino acids · Xantobrotec Test · Mellon test · Hopkins Test – Cole |
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
3- General detection of basic amino acids such as arginine, Sakaguchi detection test |
3 |
|
|
|
5 |
First med term exam |
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6-7 |
4- General detection of sulfur amino acids · Testing for sulfur amino acids such as cetien · Nitroprusside reagent
|
6 |
|
|
|
8-9 |
Third: qualitative (descriptive) ways to distinguish between different sugars 1- Molish test to distinguish between carbohydrates and others 2- Iodine test to detect ammonia and dextrins 3- Benedict test for reducing sugars 4- Barnwid test to distinguish between hexagons and ketoses 5- Bials test to distinguish between hexagons and ketosates 6- Selvanov's test to distinguish between aldozate and ketosis |
6 |
|
|
|
10 |
Second med term exam |
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11,12,13 |
Estimation of some important components in the blood 1- Estimation of hemoglobin quantity 2- Determination of the amount of plasma proteins (albumin / globulin) 3- Estimating the amount of glucose in the blood 4- Estimation of blood cholesterol (serum) 5- Estimating the amount of urea (urea) in the blood |
6 |
|
|
|
14 |
Final exam |
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|
Total |
30 |
|
|
|
References
Reference Title |
Publisher |
Version |
The author |
Reference location |
Bioanalytical Chemistry |
A JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., PUBLICATION |
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Susan R. Mikkelsen & Eduardo Corto´n |
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