Chemistry For Today: General, Organic, And Biochemistry, Loose-leaf Version
Chemistry For Today: General, Organic, And Biochemistry, Loose-leaf Version
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ISBN: 9781305968707
Author: Spencer L. Seager
Publisher: Brooks Cole
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Vitamins and Coenzymes
A class of organic compounds needed in the human body for normal activities is known as vitamins. They are characterized into two parts depending upon their solubility in water. They can act as coenzymes, cofactors, or prosthetic groups for enzymes.
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Chapter 18, Problem 18.75E

Identify which sex hormones (testosterone, estrogens, or progestrone) are produced in:

a. The ovaries

b. The testes

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Ch. 18 - What structural feature of a fatty acid is...Ch. 18 - How are fats and oils structurally similar? How...Ch. 18 - From Figure 18.7, arrange the following substances...Ch. 18 - Draw the structure of a triglyceride that contains...Ch. 18 - Prob. 18.15ECh. 18 - The percentage of fatty acid composition of two...Ch. 18 - Prob. 18.17ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.18ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.19ECh. 18 - Why is the hydrogenation of vegetable oils of...Ch. 18 - Prob. 18.21ECh. 18 - Write reactions to show how each of the following...Ch. 18 - Draw the structure of a wax formed from oleic acid...Ch. 18 - Prob. 18.24ECh. 18 - Draw the structure of a wax formed from stearic...Ch. 18 - Prob. 18.26ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.27ECh. 18 - Draw the general block diagram structure of a...Ch. 18 - Draw the structure of a phosphoglyceride...Ch. 18 - Describe two biological roles served by the...Ch. 18 - Prob. 18.31ECh. 18 - What is the structural difference between a...Ch. 18 - Prob. 18.33ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.34ECh. 18 - List two structural differences between...Ch. 18 - Prob. 18.36ECh. 18 - Describe the structural similarities and...Ch. 18 - Give another name for glycolipids. In what tissues...Ch. 18 - Prob. 18.39ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.40ECh. 18 - How does the polarity of the phosphoglycerides...Ch. 18 - Prob. 18.42ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.43ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.44ECh. 18 - Explain how bile salts aid in the digestion of...Ch. 18 - Prob. 18.46ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.47ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.48ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.49ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.50ECh. 18 - How are testosterone and progesterone structurally...Ch. 18 - Prob. 18.52ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.53ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.54ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.55ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.56ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.57ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.58ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.59ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.60ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.61ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.62ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.63ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.64ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.65ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.66ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.67ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.68ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.69ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.70ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.71ECh. 18 - When a doughnut is placed on a napkin, the napkin...Ch. 18 - Fats belong to the class of organic compounds...Ch. 18 - Identify each of the following characteristics as...Ch. 18 - Identify which sex hormones testosterone,...Ch. 18 - Prob. 18.76ECh. 18 - In diseases of the gallbladder, which of the...Ch. 18 - Steroids are classified as: a.carbohydrates....Ch. 18 - Accumulation of cholesterol leads to the hardening...Ch. 18 - Cholesterol, in spite of its bad reputation, is an...Ch. 18 - Bile is manufactured in the: a. duodenum. b....Ch. 18 - The basic structure of cell membrane is a: a....Ch. 18 - The mineralocorticoid _____ is a product of the...Ch. 18 - Prob. 18.84ECh. 18 - Prob. 18.85E
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