The course of Agricultural biochemistry is intended to provide students with the necessary tools to understand the physical, chemical and biological context in which biomolecules, biochemical reactions and metabolic pathways exist and take place; it is also intended to provide fundamental knowledge on the structure and function of the main macromolecules and on the anabolic and catabolic pathway involving primary metabolites: carbohydrates, lipids and proteins.
At the end of the course, students should have understood the structure and function of the main biological molecules and the biochemical mechanisms governing key metabolic functions.