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LIBRARY 



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Contents 



GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY 



part 1 



1 The development of agricultural chemistry 3 



Beginnings of agricultural science 3 

 Beginnings of physiological chemistry 10 

 Nature of biochemistry 12 



2 Properties of matter 77 



Gases 17 

 Liquids 21 

 Solids 31 

 Solutions 33 

 Colloidal systems 43 

 Coarse dispersions 46 



3 Carbohydrates 49 



Optical isomerism 49 

 General properties of carbohydrates 55 

 Classification of carbohydrates 58 

 Important carbohydrates 61 

 Related substances 70 



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