What is atherosclerosis? Explain the causative factors.

Describe the replication cycle of Influenza virus.

Discuss the factors that result in metabolic syndrome.

Discuss five general characteristics of archea.

Discuss the effect of smoking and depressants on food intake.

Write features of cyanobacteria and alphaproteobacteria. Give one example of each.

How do nutrients influence the bioavailability and distribution of drugs? Illustrate with suitable examples.

Explain the classification of eubacteria based on their shapes and cell wall composition.

Explain the biochemical functions, dietary sources of iron. How does its absorption and transport take place?

Discuss different modes of nutrition in protozoans.

Give two examples each of NAD and FAD dependent enzymes. Also name the vitamins from which these cofactors are derived.

Explain the generalized life cycle in fungi with the help of a suitable diagram.

What is the importance of phosphorus in our body?

Discuss the biochemical functions and deficiency disease associated with following vitamins:

(i) Vitamin B1

(ii) Niacin

(iii) Vitamin D

(iv) Vitamin K

(v) Vitamin A

How does measuring nitrogen content gives estimate of protein content of our food? Explain nitrogen balance and its significance.

Explain the process of digestion and absorption of dietary proteins.

What are lipotropic factors and their clinical significance?

What is numerical taxonomy? How is it used for classification?

Discuss the role of lipids as chemical messengers, citing suitable examples.

Which desirable properties should be present in a genomic sequence for it to serve as the molecular marker of microbial characterization/identification?