What are Nucleotides? Nucleotides are composed of 3 units; 1) a Five Carbon Sugar (Pentose) Deoxyribose in DNA - In DNA the 2' OH of ribose is replaced by a…
What are Carbohydrates? Carbohydrates (also called sugars or saccharides) are made from carbon and water. They have the formula CnH2nOn. "Most saccharides (Carbohydrates) are almost always more abundant in nature…
What are Lipids? Lipids are any biological molecule that has low solubility in water and high solubility in nonpolar organic solvents. Type of Lipids There are six major groups of…
Structure of Plant Cells Cell Wall Plant cells are eukaryotic cells, but unlike animal cells which have a cell membrane, plant cells have cell walls. Plants have a rigid cell…
Gelatin Hydrolysis Test Generally, gelatin is used to define an animal protein or a collagen which is a component of a vertebrate in a connective tissue. Gelatin is used as…
Hippurate Hydrolysis Test Hippurate hydrolysis test is one of the biochemical tests, which is used to differentiate the micro-organisms on the basis of their ability to hydrolyze Hippurate into benzoic…
Esculin Hydrolysis Test Biochemical tests are considered as the most important method to detect the micro-organisms and other pathogens. One such biochemical test is Esculin hydrolysis test. It is one…
What is Indole Test? Indole test is one of the biochemical tests which is conducted on the bacterial species to detect the ability of pathogen to produce indole from tryptophan…
What is Urease Test? Urease test is one of the biochemical tests which helps in detecting the fermentation of alkaline in the urine which results in the production of ammonia…
What is Biuret Test? Biuret is a compound which is produced by heating the urea at a temperature of 180ºC. Biuret test is one of the chemical tests which uses…