Transcript chemistry of waste

CHEMISTRY OF WASTE
Refreshing your
chemistry knowledge
Which are the reactants and
which are the products?
Correctly read the chem equation
2NH3 + H2O  NH2 – C –NH2
O
Is the equation balanced?
Refresh your Biochem
knowledge
• Building blocks of carbohydrates?
• Simple sugars (monosaccharides)
• Such as?
• Glucose, fructose, galactose
• Building blocks of proteins?
• Amino acids
• Building blocks of lipids?
• Fatty acids (sat and unsat)
Focus on
Proteins
When we eat it – what
does it look like?
Focus on proteins
• What is the structure of an
individual amino acid?
(digestion and absorption is
complete)
20 different aa
All 20 have…
• Central carbon
• Carboxyl - COOH
• Amine group - NH2
Which part has the potential to
be highly poisonous to our
cells?
Refresh metabolism
knowledge
• Mitochondria provide our cells
with energy in the form of
________
• In order to produce ____ they
break down the bonds of
________ through the process of
cellular respiration
Cellular respiration
C6H12O6 + 6O2  6CO2 + 6H2O + 36ATP
FOUR STEPS:
*Glycolysis (sugar splitting)
*Pyruvic acid conversion
*Kreb cycle
*ETC
Foods other than sugar
can be used for energy
FOUR STEPS:
*Glycolysis (sugar splitting)
*Pyruvic acid conversion
*Kreb cycle
PROTEINS ENTER HERE!!!!
*ETC
LIVER –
way important
• What do you already know
about it?