Biosynthesis vs Biochemistry - What's the difference?
biosynthesis | biochemistry |
(biochemistry) The synthesis of organic compounds within a living organism, especially the synthesis of large compounds from small ones.
(uncountable) The chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
(countable) The chemical characteristics of a particular living organism
(countable) The biochemical activity associated with a particular chemical or condition
As nouns the difference between biosynthesis and biochemistry
is that biosynthesis is the synthesis of organic compounds within a living organism, especially the synthesis of large compounds from small ones while biochemistry is the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism.biosynthesis
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(wikipedia biosynthesis) (biosyntheses)Derived terms
* biosyntheticSee also
* biogenesisbiochemistry
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(wikipedia biochemistry)Noun
- I want to study biochemistry .
- The biochemistries of fungal and bacterial cells are quite distinct.
- Our study compared the biochemistries of epilepsy and Parkinson's.
- The biochemistry of NO differs from that of NO2.
