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FACULTY

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Health & Nutritional Biochemistry

SUBJECT
CODE

November 2018

DURATION

Examin€f3 Ms T Nawinda
Moderators: prof F.D Dakora

This Question Paper consists of 2 pages incruding this

cover page.

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You must answer al! the questions
Number your questions correctly.
Write neatly and legibly
Please be reminded that cheating in the examination
wirr resutt in a
 Question 1
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a) The following three hormones are involved in digestion. State
their functions (3)

i) Secretin
ii) ccK
iiD Gastrin

b) Name three biochemical reactions associated with digestion and

explain how they
differ from one another (e)

c) State the digestive materials secreted by the stomach and state

their functions (10)

Question 2
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a) Outline the steps involved in blood clotting, and highlight the involvement
of vitamin
K and calcium (10)
b) Outline how water loss is regulated
(l 0)
c) Outline the conversion of B-carotene to retinol (4)

d) outline the regulation of serum calcium levels i.e calcium homeostasis

(10)
e) state three major functions that minerals perform in the body (3)

f) State any four factors that inhibit iron absorption

(4)

Question 3
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a) State the disadvantage of proteins escaping digestion in infants (1)
b) Name the 3 groups of microbes in our G.I.T
(3)

c) State and differentiate the two types of obesity

(4)
d) state and differentiate the two genes associated with cancer
(4)

e) Outline the RAS and MAp kinase signalling pathway

(s)