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Chemical Nature of the Cell

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  1. amino acid
    organic compounds containing an amino group and acid group
  2. metabolism
    the organic processes that are necessary for life
  3. inorganic
    relating or belonging to the class of compounds not having a carbon basis
  4. organic
    having properties characteristic of living beings
  5. protein
    an organic compound essential to living cells
  6. carbohydrate
    an essential component of living cells and source of energy
  7. monosaccharide
    a sugar that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars
  8. lipid
    oily, insoluble organic compound that's a component of cells
  9. fatty acid
    any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty acids are simple molecules built around a series of carbon atoms linked together in a chain of 12 to 22 carbon atoms
  10. glycerol
    a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils
  11. hydrolysis
    a chemical reaction in which water reacts with a compound to produce other compounds; involves the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion from the water
  12. dehydration
    the process of extracting moisture
  13. synthesis
    the combination of ideas into a complex whole
  14. nucleic acid
    (biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of nucleotide chains that are vital constituents of all living cells
  15. nucleotide
    a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside
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