Applications of Biochemistry

Biochemistry has numerous applications in medicine, veterinary medicine and dentistry. Other applications are as follows:

• Food Science: Biochemists ascertain the chemical composition of foods, devise techniques to create cheap, plentiful supply of nutritious food, extract nutrients from waste products, and prolong the shelf life of food items.
• Agriculture: Biochemists study the interaction of plants and pests with herbicides and insecticides. They study the compound’s structure–activity relationships and then assess their ability to inhibit growth, as well as evaluate the toxic consequences on surrounding life.
• Clinical Chemistry, Physiology, Toxicology and Pharmacology: Biochemists study the mechanisms of drug actions; study viruses; perform research related to organ function; and study the diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of health using biochemistry principles.

The word “Biochemistry’’ was coined by the German chemist Carl Neuberg in 1930. Biological chemistry, often known as biochemistry, is a laboratory-based branch of Biology that combines biology and chemistry. It explores chemical processes that occur in and around living organisms and gives rise to the complexity of life.