Biochemistry helps physicians understand biochemical changes related to diseases and hormonal imbalances. It describes the roles of vitamins and minerals that many people take for better health. Biochemistry teaches how hormones are formed and allows doctors to understand problems during treatment by studying the biochemical pathology of diseases and hormonal balance issues that commonly affect women and children. Pregnancy can be tested biochemically by detecting the hormone hCG in urine or blood samples shortly after implantation.

1. Applications of biochemistry
in medecine

2. Biochemistry helps us understand the The pathology of any
biochemical changes and related disease is studied
physiological alteration in the body through biochemical
changes

3. In the present scenario many people
rely in taking multivitamin and minerals
for better health
The function and role of the vitamins
is described only by biochemistry

4. There are many disorders due
to hormonal imbalance in
specially women and children
The formation of hormones in the normal
body function is taught in biochemistry by
which the physician can understand the
concerned problem during treatment

5. Application of biochemistry in
pregnancy testing
• There are two types of pregnancy tests – one
uses a urine sample and the other a blood
sample. Both detect the presence of the
hormone human chorionic gonadotropin
(hCG). This hormone is produced by the
placenta shortly after implantation of the
embryo into the uterine walls and
accumulates.

6. Pregnancy Testing
• A pregnancy test attempts to determine
whether a woman is pregnant. Markers that
indicate pregnancy are found in urine and
blood, and pregnancy tests require sampling
one of these substances. The first of these
markers to be discovered, human chorionic
gonadotropin (hCG)

7. Biochemical tests for pregnancy
• Most chemical tests for pregnancy look for the
presence of the beta subunit of hCG or human
chorionic gonadotropin in the blood or urine.
hCG can be detected in urine or blood after
implantation, which occurs six to twelve days
after fertilization.

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