Biochemistry and the Environment
Biochemistry and the Environment: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Antibiotics, Detergents, Green Chemistry, Xenobiotics, Persistent Organic Pollutants, Dry Cleaning of Clothes, Heavy Metal Toxicity, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Bleaching of Paper and, Biodegradable Pollutants
Important Questions on Biochemistry and the Environment
Explain the working of synthetic detergents.
What do you mean by host-guest complex indicate the host and the guest?
What is host guest interaction?
Name the enzyme helps in removing oil stains from clothes?
What are biodegradable detergents?
Write the chemical reaction for the synthesis of ethanal.
The environmental friendly chemical now-a-days used for bleaching the paper in the presence of a suitable catalyst is
What are the objectives of Green chemistry?
Explain what are persistent organic pollutants?
What are biodegradable pollutants? Give examples.
What are Non-biodegradable pollutants? Give examples.
The most hazardous metal pollutant of automobile exhausts is lead.
The most hazardous metal pollutant of automobile exhausts is
Use of polychlorinated biphenyl is restricted because of their persistent toxicity and biomagnification.
Use of polychlorinated biphenyl is restricted because of their
Xenobiotics are understood as substances foreign to an entire biological system.
Name a place in India, where penicillin is manufactured.
