The subject Medical Chemistry includes selected chapters from general, inorganic, physical, organic chemistry. Teaching focuses mainly on bioorganic chemistry, which is a static part and an introduction to the study of medical biochemistry. Knowledge of the structure and function of chemical substances and compounds, as well as their interaction and factors which can influence these interactions is very important for students of General Medicine. Medical Chemistry represent the basis especially for the study of Medical Biochemistry, Pathobiochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry.
This work contains lectures from medical chemistry – partially from inorganic, organic and bioorganic chemistry.
Contents:
1. Water and solutions
2. Physical chemistry (kinetics, pH)
3. Thermodynamics, chemical reactions
4. Carboxylic acids
5. Organic compounds of P, N, S
6. Heterocyclic compounds
7. Saccharides
8. Lipids and steroids
9. Amino acids and peptides
10. Proteins
11. Nucleic acids
12. Natural compounds
13. Oxidative stress
| Attachment | Date | Size | Availability [?] | Clinically sensitive [?] | Licence | |
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| Water, solutions | 15.9.2025 | 4.34 MB | faculty member | – |  |
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| Physical chemistry (kinetics, pH) | 28.10.2025 | 3.64 MB | faculty member | – | |
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| Thermodynamics, chemical reactions | 28.10.2025 | 4.22 MB | faculty member | – | |
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| Carboxylic acids | 28.10.2025 | 5.79 MB | faculty member | – | |
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| Organic compounds of N, P, S | 28.10.2025 | 4.42 MB | faculty member | – | |
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| Heterocyclic compounds | 28.10.2025 | 5.28 MB | faculty member | – | |
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| Saccharides | 28.10.2025 | 5.64 MB | faculty member | – | |
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| Lipids and steroids | 28.10.2025 | 5.05 MB | faculty member | – | |
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| Amino acids and peptides | 28.10.2025 | 3.5 MB | faculty member | – | |
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| Proteins | 28.10.2025 | 4.16 MB | faculty member | – | |
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| Nucleid acids | 28.10.2025 | 4.86 MB | faculty member | – | |
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| Natural compounds | 28.10.2025 | 5.14 MB | faculty member | – | |
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Keywords: atom, nomenclature, water, pH, thermodynamics, kinetics, saccharides, lipids, nucleid acids, vitamins
citation: Mária Mareková, Marek Stupák, Katarína Dubayová, Vladimíra Tomečková, Peter Urban: Medical Chemistry - Lectures for General Medicine Students. Multimedia support in the education of clinical and health care disciplines :: Portal of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Faculty of Medicine [online] , [cit. 19. 11. 2025]. Available from WWW: https://portal.lf.upjs.sk/articles.php?aid=250. ISSN 1337-7000.