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dc.contributor.authorJones, Jim
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-03T09:52:54Z
dc.date.available2015-06-03T09:52:54Z
dc.date.issued1970-10
dc.identifier.citationJones, J. (1970) Molecular Vital Statistics: The Significance of Shape a Review Article. CAJM vol. 16, no. 10. UZ (formerly University College of Rhodesia), Harare (formerly Salisbury) : CAJM.en
dc.identifier.issn0008-9176
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/6252
dc.descriptionA CAJM article on molecules.en
dc.description.abstractThe living cell depends on its enzymes1 to carry out the chemical reactions necessary for its survival. Enzymes are catalysts; they increase the speed of chemical reactions without altering the nature or result of the reaction. As an example, consider lactase, the trivial name for an enzyme which is found in the lining of the intestine. (Its official name and number are /J-D-galactoside galactohydrolase, E.C. 3.2.1.23.2) It splits milk sugar (lactose) into two smaller sugars (glucose and galactose). This change occurs spontaneously, but only at an extremely slow rate. The enzyme is essential to allow this chemical reaction to occur sufficiently quickly for the sugar to be absorbed from the intestine.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCentral African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia.)en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en
dc.subjectHealthen
dc.subjectNutritionen
dc.subjectScience and Societyen
dc.titleMolecular Vital Statistics: The Significance of Shape: A Review Articleen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Zimbabween


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