What is biochemistry?

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What is biochemistry?

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The chemistry of biology, the application of the tools and concepts of chemistry to living systems.

Biochemists study such things as the structures and physical properties of biological molecules, including proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids; the mechanisms of enzyme action; the chemical regulation of metabolism; the chemistry of nutrition; the molecular basis of genetics (inheritance); the chemistry of vitamins; energy utilization in the cell; and the chemistry of the immune response.

Fields closely related to biochemistry include biophysics, cell biology, and molecular biology. Biophysics applies to biology the techniques of physics. Cell biology is concerned with the organization and functioning of the individual cell. Molecular biology, a term first used in 1950, It overlaps biochemistry and is principally concerned with the molecular level of organization.

The science of biochemistry has also been called physiological chemistry and biological chemistry

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http://www.answers.com/biochemistry...... Source(s): This is the answer given by Bubble on Yahoo answers. I have just copied that and pasted it in here coz i felt it was a nice way of expressing the actual idea. Credits to her.

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This is DEFINITELY not the place to post this query. It is a cross between biology and chemistry though.