Exam Details

Subject Nutritional biochemistry
Paper
Exam / Course Master of Science in Dietetics and Food Service management
Department School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date June, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

No. of Printed Pages: 2 IMFN-0021
MASTER OF SCIENCE (DIETEtICS AND
FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT)
Term-End Examination
June, 2016
MFN-002 NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY

Time hours Maximum Marks 75
Note: Answer four questions in all. Question No. 1 is compulsory.

1. Define muta rotation. 1 Give anyone difference between DNA and RNA. Give an example of acidic amino acid. What is oxidative rancidity Give an example of coenzyme form of Riboflavin. Define coenzyme. List any two enzymes present in intestinal juices. Define Gluconeogenesis. Give meaning of beta-oxidation of fatty acid.
Give an example of lipoprotein having highest concentration of cholesterol. Define transamination. Name anyone vitamin which functions as antioxidant.
What are group-I hormones? Give one suitable example.

2. What is competitive inhibition of enzymes? Explain with suitable examples.

What are the components of Electron Transport Chain

Give functions of TCA cycle.

Give three irreversible reaction of glycolysis, with enzymes involved.

3. How digestion of carbohydrate takes place in our body?

How fatty acids are broken down to acetyl CoA in our body?

Briefly explain the glycogen breakdown and synthesis in human body.

4. Describe the urea cycle giving the reactions involved.

What is the end product of purine degradation and what diseases are caused because of this

Give role of free radicals in lipid peroxidation.

5. Why minerals are considered essential for us? Discuss the role of calcium in our body. Highlight the role of calcium in signal transduction.

What is Alkaptonuria?

Give a brief account of C-AMP as second messenger.

6. Write short notes on any four of the following:
n-3 and n-6 fatty acids Steps involved in formation of vitamin D3 Enzymes in clinical diagnosis Metabolic significance of HMP pathway Biological role of selenium


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Advance Nutrition
  • Applied Physiology
  • Clinical and Therapeutic Nutrition
  • Entrepreneurship and Food Service Management
  • Food Microbiology and Safety
  • Nutritional biochemistry
  • Principles of Food Science
  • Public Nutrition
  • Research Methods and Biostatistics
  • Understanding Computer Applications