Describe the structure of steroids?

Q: Is colchicine a steroid?

A: Introduction: Colchicine is a drug that has the potential to treat gout or gout attacks. Gout is a…

Q: Differentiate between monoiodotyrosine and diiodotyrosine?

A: Thyroid gland is the important endocrine gland that secretes two main hormones called thyroxine (T4)…

Q: Define the term sulfasalazine?

A: Rheumatic diseases are autoimmune diseases which causes widespread inflammation in the body and a…

Q: Explain the Chemistry related with VItamin A ?

A: Vitamin A is known as Retinol. Here we discussed how the chemistry is related to vitamin A.

Q: 74. Copy Table 2 into your notebook. List three types of steroid molecules, and explain their…

A: INTRODUCTION      STEROIDS             Steroids are lipids. They are hydrophic and it is…

Q: Explain the Biological Activity of the Eicosanoids ?

A: The signaling molecules formed by the enzymatic or non-enzymatic oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty…

Q: essential amino acid amino acid side group/R-group peptide bond polypeptide receptor…

A: Amino acids contribute majorly to the making of proteins in the human body. They are important for…

Q: What is Affinity?

A: Affinity refers to the strength by which two or molecules interact or bind.  Binding Affinity is…

Q: What are peptides ?

A: Proteins are one of the most important biological macromolecules. They comprise of long chains of…

Q: List the common structural features of prostaglandins.

A: Prostaglandins are a group of compounds made of lipids found in almost all cells and tissues. They…

Q: Describe the structure of biogenic amine molecules?

A: Answer: Introduction: Biogenic amines (BAs) are nitrogen compounds they have biological role in…

Q: Describe the acid–base properties of amino acids

A: Acids provide off H+ (Hydrogen) ions in water; bases provide off OH- (Hydroxide) ions in water.…

Q: What are purines?

A: DNA is a helically twisted double chain macromolecules made up of polymerised units of…

Q: Show the structure of Oxycodone

A: Oxycodone is semi-synthetic, a morphine-like opioid alkaloid. It has analgesic activity. It is a…

Q: Describe one function of prostaglandins.

A: The prostaglandins are a group of lipid molecules that are produced near the damaged tissues or at…

Q: List the properties of fatty acids?

A: The term fatty acid refers to the long chain of an aliphatic hydrocarbon containing a carboxylic…

Q: What are Prostaglandins ? Explain the importance of Prostaglandins ?

A: Prostaglandins are a group of lipids that are synthesized at the site of injury or infection. They…

Q: Define the term Purines?

A: In living organisms, four types of macromolecules are present, nucleic acids, carbohydrates,…

Q: compare between phenylalanine and tyrosine

A: Phenylalanine and tyrosine are amino acids that contain a benzene ring side chain. Amino acids are…

Q: Write the general formula for an amino acid, and describe how amino acids differ from one another.

A: Biomolecules are molecules present in living organisms. Those are essential for the living…

Q: Describe the basic structure of a triglyceride?

A: A triglyceride is an ester derived from the glycerol and three fatty acids. Triglycerides are the…

Q: Discuss the functions of triacylglycerols.

A: Introduction: Triacylglycerols are the simplest form of lipids formed by fatty acids. It consists of…

Q: Define about aminoacyladenylic acid ?

A: Amino acid + tRNA + ATP ↔Aminoacyl-tRNA + AMP + PPi.

Q: Draw the structures of triacylglycerol, cholesterol, phosphatidylcholine, and sphingomyelin.

A: Lipids refer to an organic molecule that is composed of carbon, hydron, and oxygen. It is insoluble…

Q: What is the molecular chains of amino acids?

A: According to the question we have to find out what is the name of the molecular chains of amino…

Q: Give some examples of steroids?

A: Introduction  Hormones are the chemical compounds crucial for life. Chemically they can be either…

Q: Define the basic structure of a steroid and some steroid functions

A: Steroid is a type of lipid. Steroid is present in plant and animal both.

Q: What exactly are cofactors?

A:

Q: Describe the functions of the triacylglycerols.

A: Triacylglycerols (TAGs) are made up of glycerol and three fatty acids (same or different). It is an…

Q: What Are the Structures and Properties of AminoAcids?

A: Proteins are the building blocks of life. Proteins are made up of amino acids. Amino acids when they…

Q: Explain the comparison of a triacylglycerol, a phosphoacylglycerol, and a sphingomyelin ?

A: Lipids  include fats, oil, waxy like substances. They are non-polar and hydrophobic in nature…

Q: Define the term Triglycerides?

A: Nutrients are classified into micronutrient and macronutrient based on the amount of requirement.…

Q: What are Chiral Drugs ?

A: “Chirality” is that the property possessed by a molecule with such arrangement of atoms that it…

Q: List some of the functions prostaglandins serve in the body.

A: Prostaglandins are lipids made from eicosanoids. They have hormone-like effects in humans and are…

Q: Name a male sex hormone and a female sex hormone.

A: Sex Hormones are secreted from gonads

Q: Define how "Functional groups create reactive sites in molecules" ?

A: Functional groups that are present in the biological molecule, which helps to control the organic…

Q: Define about Peptide Synthesis ?

A: The peptide is considered as the bond, which is formed in between two residues of amino acids when…

Q: Explain the secondary and tertiary structures of polypeptide chains ?

A: Proteins or polypeptide is sequence of amino acids that are joined by peptide linkage between the…

Q: What are steroids? What are some examples of steroids with a biological function?

A: Lipids are compounds that soluble in organic solvents such as chloroform and ether and insoluble in…

Q: Explain the Hydrolysis of triacylglycerols ?

A: Triacylglycerol is stored fat in the adipose tissue. Triacylglycerol are formed from esterification…

Q: What are peptides?

A: A peptide is a short chain of amino acids. The amino acids in a peptide are connected to one another…

Q: Explain the widely used drugs contain a benzene ring ?

A: Benzene Ring : It is an organic chemical compound with the molecular formula C6H6. The benzene…

Q: List the properties of fatty acid?

A: Introduction: fatty acid is a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic chain, it is a carboxylic acid that…

Nucleotides

It is an organic molecule made up of three basic components- a nitrogenous base, phosphate,and pentose sugar. The nucleotides are important for metabolic reactions andthe formation of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) and RNA (ribonucleic acid). 

Nucleic Acids

Nucleic acids are essential biomolecules present in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and viruses. They carry the genetic information for the synthesis of proteins and cellular replication. The nucleic acids are of two types: deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA). The structure of all proteins and ultimately every biomolecule and cellular component is a product of information encoded in the sequence of nucleic acids. Parts of a DNA molecule containing the information needed to synthesize a protein or an RNA are genes. Nucleic acids can store and transmit genetic information from one generation to the next, fundamental to any life form.