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Which of the following is responsible for eliminating toxic oxygen by-products from cells?
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Pungency in mustard oil is due to
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Dark period is critical in which type of plant?
Fish Biochemistry
4 Topics
Analytical Biochemical Techniques: Spectrophotometry, Gas Chromatography, Affinity Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry
Chemistry of Biomolecules: Carbohydrates, Lipids, Fatty Acids (EPA, DHA) and Amino Acid Stereochemistry
Enzyme Kinetics: Michaelis-Menten Parameters (Km, Vmax), Catalytic Mechanisms and Coenzymes vs Cofactors
Vitamins and Trace Minerals: Biological Functions, Enzyme Active Centers (Zinc, Pyridoxal Phosphate, Vitamin K)
General Agriculture
6 TopicsIntroduction to Fish Physiology
4 Topics
Environmental Stress Physiology: Hypoxia, Hypercapnia, Stress Proteins (HSPs) and Antifreeze Glycoproteins (AFGPs)
Branchial Respiration, Countercurrent Gas Exchange and Mitochondrial-Rich Chloride Cells in Gill Epithelium
Nitrogen Excretion Strategies: Ammoniotelism vs Ureotelism, Branchial Ammonia Flux and Ammonia Detoxification
Osmoregulation & Excretion: Prime Ion Transporters (Na+/K+-ATPase, NKCC), Freshwater vs Saltwater Strategies
Metabolism of Biomolecules
5 Topics
Carbohydrate Metabolic Pathways: Glycolysis, Pentose Phosphate Pathway, Gluconeogenesis and Citric Acid Cycle Energetics
Amino Acid & Protein Metabolism: Transamination (ALT, AST), Oxidative Deamination, Urea Cycle and Branched-Chain Catabolism
Metabolic Endocrinology & Signaling: Insulin, Glucagon, Cortisol Dynamics and Orexigenic/Anorexigenic Neuropeptides
Lipid Metabolism: Acyl-CoA Activation, Carnitine Shuttle, Mitochondrial Beta-Oxidation and Prostaglandin Synthesis
Nucleic Acid Metabolism: De Novo and Salvage Pathways of Purine and Pyrimidine Biosynthesis
Reproductive Physiology and Endocrinology
5 Topics
Fish Sex Determination, Environmental Sex Reversal (Temperature/Aromatase Cyp19a1a), Hermaphroditism and Sex Chromosomes (ZW/XY)
Oogenesis, Vitellogenin Uptake, Cortical Alveoli Dynamics, Chorion Hardening and Spawning Biology
Brain-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis: GnRH, Gonadotropins (FSH, LH), Kisspeptin and Pineal Photoperiodic Transduction
Spermatogenesis, Sertoli Cell Dynamics, Milt Hydration and Teleost Acrosome Absence
Crustacean Neuroendocrinology: Sinus Gland / X-Organ Complex and Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone (CHH) Family
Official PYQ Papers
Previous Year Papers of Fish Physiology and Biochemistry
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