Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design

Biochemistry

Biochemistry is the study of chemical processes and transformations that take place at the molecular level in living organisms. Among the scientific topics covered are genetics, microbiology, forensics, plant science, and medicine. It's a discipline of biology that delves into the structure, function, metabolism, and processes of cell constituents including proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids, all the way down to the molecular level. After investigating the transport of soluble chemicals in cells that allowed for day-to-day cellular functions, Carl Newberg, a pioneer of biochemistry, coined the term in 1903. Biochemistry is the study of biological functions at the cellular and molecular level utilizing chemicals. Scientists combined chemistry, physiology, and biology to explore the human body around the turn of the twentieth century.