MORE ABOUT ORGANIC COMPOUNDS!!!

***REMEMBER: ORGANIC MEANS HAS CARBON & MAKES

UP LIVING THINGS***

There are 4 types. We have already discussed 3 of them!

• 1. CARBOHYDRATES

• 2. LIPIDS

• 3. PROTEINS

• 4. NUCLEIC ACIDS

CARBOHYDRATEPROTEIN

LIPID

4) NUCLEIC ACIDS2 Types:

DNA RNA

• DNA is considered the BLUEPRINT of life!

• It controls all of the PROTEINS made in the body

• RNA is the middle man!

• DNA RNA PROTEIN

NOW A LITTLE ABOUT SPECIAL PROTEINS…..

ENZYMES

• Special proteins that help in CHEMICAL REACTIONS such as DIGESTION .

• Without enzymes, these chemical reactions would occur VERY slowly or not at all!

HORMONES• Special proteins that help one part of the body

COMMUNICATE with another part of the body.• Very important in maintaining a BALANCE

within the body!• HOMEOSTASIS: keeping things the same!

• Examples: ESTROGEN, TESTOSTERONE, STEROIDS, & INSULIN.

PLACES WHERE HORMONES ARE MADE

Enzymes in the liver!

2H202 2H20 + 02CATALASE