Biochemistry

The calcium or magnesium salt of pectin forms an amorphous gel that is able to swell. The food industry utilises this property of pectin in preparing jellies and jams.

Warburg effect refers to the biochemical phenomenon of aerobic glycolysis that contributes to cancer cell proliferation.

Bactoprenol is a lipid-soluble and membrane-bound alcohol derivative. It functions as a carrier in the biosynthesis of peptidoglycan and lipopolysaccharides in some bacteria.

Lupinine has lysine as the biosynthetic precursor.

Strychnine is used in eye treatment.

Gentiobiose, made of glucose, is an important constituent of plant glycosides.

Endoplasmic reticulum was originally known as ergastoplasm. The cytoplasm of the endoplasmic reticulum is interlaced by membranous vesicles, flattened sacs and cisternae.

Retrorsine belongs to the pyrrolizidine class of alkaloids.

G0/G1 switch gene 2 (G0s2) represents a novel regulator of adipogenesis.

Rudolf Virchow, the famous pathologist of 19^th century, is credited with postulating the path breaking concept of the causal link between inflammation and cancer.

Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 analog is a promising hormone analog for chronic weight management.

Ripoptosome represents a death-inducing signalling platform that assembles in response to genotoxic stress.

Kainic acid refers to a potent neuroexcitatory marine amino acid that acts by activating glutamate, the major CNS excitatory neurotransmitter.

Acrolein test is the qualitative test for glycerol that is based on the dehydration and oxidation of glycerol to acrolein by heating with potassium bisulfate.

Albrecht Kossel obtained the Nobel Prize for investigating the chemistry of nucleus.