Clinical Biochemistry detailed Syllabus for Biotechnology Engineering (BIOTECH), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.
For all other VTU BIOTECH 4th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, do visit VTU BIOTECH 4th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme Subjects. The detailed Syllabus for clinical biochemistry is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Module 1
METABOLISM OF CARBOHYDRATES AND LIPIDS: Glycolysis-metabolism. Aerobic and anaerobic pathway and regulation, TCA cycle, NADPH Cycle, Glyoxylate cycle, Pentose Phosphate Pathway. Electron transport chain and oxidative phosphorylation, energy balance sheet. Gluconeogenesis-regulation of gluconeogenesis. Biosynthesis of polysaccharides. Biosynthesis of fatty acids, cholesterol, phospholipids, glycolipids. Biodegradation of triglycerides and fatty acids.
Module 2
DISORDERS OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM: Diabetes mellitus, glycohemoglobins, hypo-glycemias, galactosemia and ketone bodies. Various types of glucose tolerance tests. Glycogen storage diseases. Physiology of lipids/lipoproteins. Lipidosis. Clinical interrelationships of lipids (sphingolipidosis and multiple sclerosis), lipoproteins and apolipoproteins. Diagnostic tests for HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and triglyceride disorders.
Module 3
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Module 4
DISORDERS OF AMINO ACIDS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS METABOLISM AND HORMONAL DISTURBANCES:
- Disorders of amino acid metabolism-Phenylalanemia, homocystinuria, tyrosinemia, MSUD, phenylketonuria, alkaptonuria, albinism and animoacidurias.
- Disorders of nucleic acid metabolismDisorders in purine/ pyrimidine metabolism.
- Protein hormones (anterior pituitary hormones, posterior pituitary hormones), steroid hormones, adrenocorticosteroids, and reproductive endocrinology. Disturbances in thyroid function.
Module 5
DISORDERS OF ACID-BASE BALANCE AND THEIR RESPIRATORY AND RENAL MECHANISMS: Evaluation of organ function tests, Assessment and clinical manifestations of renal, hepatic, pancreatic, gastric and intestinal functions. Clinical importance of bilirubin. Diagnostic enzymes: Principles of diagnostic enzymology. Clinical significance of aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, creatine kinase, aldolase and lactate dehydrogenase. Enzyme tests in determination of myocardial infarction. Enzymes of pancreatic origin and biliary tract.
Course Outcomes:
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Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
- Each full question will be for 20 marks.
- There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books:
- Clinical Biochemistry Allan Gaw, Michael Murphy, Robert Cowan, Denis O’Reilly, Michael Stewart and James Shepherd Churchill Livingstone 4thEdn., 2008
- Medical biochemistry N V Bhagavan Academic Press 4thEdn., 2001
Reference Books:
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