Basic Biochemistry Class Notes

Kenya Medical Training CollegeFaculty of Public Health SciencesDepartment of Nutrition and DieteticsTraining ManualForBasic BiochemistryACKNOWLEDGEMENT The exercise of manual development would not have been successful without the contribution of the following persons. This list is not intended to be exclusive as there may be several other individuals whose indirect contribution influenced its success. We greatly appreciate all their contributions.We acknowledge the main sponsor in this process KMTC for authority, technical team support and financial support in developing the training manual. We particularly wish to recognize and sincerely thank the Director, Kenya Medical Training College, Prof. Michael Kiptoo for authorizing the development of the training Manuals, Deputy director academics (Mrs Nancy Michire), the registrar, Dr. Lucy Waweru, Dr. Solomon Kilaha (Deputy registrar curriculum) and all Principals.We also wish to acknowledge the manual development working team that comprised of Purity Njoki Chege (HoD Nutrition and Dietetics), Jane Nyabuti (D/P/A- Karen), Jacob Omare (HoDLodwar), Florence Oloo (HoD Karen), BonayaKomora (HoDHomabay), Beatrice Tanui (HoDkabarnet), Catherine Syombua (HOD Nyandarua), Rebecca Kurui (Kapenguria), Florence Cherop (Rera), Margaret Mburu (Thika), Janeverlyne Onyango