生物化学BIOCHEMISTRY绪论ProlegomenaWhatisBIOCHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY:thebranchofsciencewhichdealswiththeidentificationofthesubstancesofwhichmatteriscomposed,theinvestigationoftheirpropertiesandthewaysinwhichtheyinteract,combine,andchange,andtheuseoftheseprocessestoformnewsubstancesBiochemistry:thebranchofscienceconcernedwiththechemicalandphysic-chemicalprocesseswhichoccurwithinlivingorganismsIncluding:Thechemistryofthecomponentsinlivingorganisms(staticbiochemistry)Theprinciplesforthechemicalchangesinlivingorganisms(dynamicbiochemistry)Thechemistryofmetabolismandcellfunctions(functionalbiochemistry)生物化学的主要分支:按化学的研究范畴划分:生物无机化学(bioinorganicchemistry),生物有机化学(bioorganicchemistry),生物物理化学(biophysicalchemistry)按生物学的研究领域划分:动物生物化学(animalbiochemistry),植物生物化学(plantbiochemistry),微生物生物化学(microbebiochemistry)按研究对象划