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Biochemistry Fundamentals: Proteins, Lipids & carbohydrates
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Biochemistry Fundamentals: Proteins, Lipids & carbohydrates

Master human biochemistry: explore proteins, amino acids, lipids, carbohydrates, and DNA base pairing.
Created byAlaa A
Last updated 9/2026
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What you'll learn

  • Understand the core structure, elements, and functions of proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids in the human body.
  • Classify essential and non-essential amino acids and identify key transport, structural, and defense proteins.
  • Trace the step-by-step pathway of Vitamin D synthesis from dietary fat precursors and sunlight activation.
  • Explain how surface carbohydrates determine ABO blood groups and analyze how DNA is built from nutritional components.

Course content

7 sections • 7 lectures • 32m total length

  • Introduction3:32

Requirements

  • no requirements

Description

Welcome to Biochemistry Fundamentals, a comprehensive educational course designed to bridge the gap between organic chemistry and human biology. This course provides a structured breakdown of the primary biological macromolecules that drive all cellular processes, organ functions, and clinical biomarkers in the human body.

Whether you are preparing for medical laboratory exams, studying health sciences, or looking for a refresher on human metabolism, this course breaks down complex molecular structures into clear, easy-to-understand concepts.

What You Will Learn & Cover in This Course:

  • Chemical Foundations of Life: Understand how Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, and Phosphorus (CHONPS) form the building blocks of biological life.

  • Proteins & Amino Acids: Master amino acid classification (9 essential vs. 11 non-essential), peptide bonds, and structural organization. Explore clinically significant proteins including Albumin, Troponins, Immunoglobulins, Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP).

  • Lipid Structure & Biological Functions: Learn about hydrophobic lipid properties across three primary roles: energy storage in adipose tissue, cell membrane integrity, and steroid hormone signaling. Study key lipid classes including Triglycerides, Phospholipids, Sphingolipids, Eicosanoids, Lipoproteins (HDL, LDL, VLDL), Cholesterol, and Vitamin D synthesis.

  • Carbohydrate Metabolism & Markers: Examine Glucose for immediate energy, Glycogen storage mechanisms, cellular surface identity markers (such as ABO blood group antigens), and genetic sugar backbones.

  • Nucleic Acids & Genetics: Discover DNA/RNA chemical structures (CHONP), complementary base pairing rules (A=T, G=C), replication machinery (Helicase, Polymerase), and how dietary nutrients provide raw materials for cellular replication.

Why Take This Course?

  1. Structured for Clary: Concepts are taught step-by-step without unnecessary fluff.

  2. Clinical & Practical Context: Connects biological concepts with real-world biological applications and body markers.

  3. Targeted Learning: Ideal for biology students, medical lab specialists, nursing students, and healthcare professionals.

Enroll today to master the fundamental molecular principles of human biochemistry!

Who this course is for:

  • Medical students,  nursing, biology, or allied health sciences preparing for biochemistry examinations. Healthcare professionals wanting a quick, visually engaging refresher on protein, lipid, carbohydrate, and nucleic acid pathways. Anyone interested in learning how fundamental nutrients from food are transformed into cellular structures, DNA, and essential vitamins

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