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Biochemistry

The scientific study of the chemistry of living matter.

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Biochemistry

Keratin

Biology; Biochemistry

A tough protein that forms the main part of hair, nails, horns, and feathers. It makes up the outer layer of human skin.

Lipid

Biology; Biochemistry

A fatty substance that is found in living things and that is an important source of food energy.

Polypeptide

Biology; Biochemistry

A polypeptide is a long, continuous, and unbranched peptide. Proteins consist of one or more polypeptides arranged in a biologically functional way and are often bound to cofactors, or other ...

Nitrifying bacteria

Biology; Biochemistry

Bacteria that take in nitrogen from the air that is mixed in soil and use the nitrogen to make chemical compounds that plants use as food.

Nutrition

Biology; Biochemistry

The process by which a living thing takes in food and makes use of nutrients, is called as nutrition.

Nutrient

Biology; Biochemistry

A substance, such as protein or a mineral, that living things need for proper growth and good health.

Sucrose

Biology; Biochemistry

A sugar that is found in many plants, especially sugar cane and the sugar maple.

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