Organic Chemistry and Life

Essay # 102990

Biology
Chemistry

This paper looks at organic chemistry in relation to the writer's own life.

808 words () | 4 sources | APA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper examines why organic chemistry is important in the writer's life. Specifically, the paper looks at how organic chemistry can offer tips on how to better treat oneself. Further the paper also offers insight into why human beings act as they do and why the human brain occasionally malfunctions - sometimes with tragic consequences. More than that, the writer looks at what organic chemistry can teach us about the surrounding world - and what it can teach human beings about the past and future.

From the Paper:

"Organic Chemistry is important to each and every one of us in the sense that it reveals to students the myriad ways in which chemicals reacting and interacting within the body allow us to perform our daily activities - and shape the kinds of human beings we become. For instance, students need to know all about vitamins C and E and what these elements do within their bodies so that they can know all about why it is vital that certain fruits and vegetables be ingested by them on a daily basis. In my own case, it was not until I came to understand what I was doing to myself on an organic, physiological and biological level when I neglected certain foods that I began to see an improvement in my own health and in my vitality over the course of a long day."

Sample of Sources Used:

Beaver, Bruce. (1999). Motivating students in sophomore organic chemistry by examining nature's way. Journal of Chemical Education, 76(8): 1108-1112.
Perez-Prior, M. Teresa, Manso, Jose A., M. Del-Pilar Garcia-Santos, Calle, Emilio, and Casado, Julio. (2005). Journal of Organic Chemistry, 70(2): 420-426.
Schmidt, Boris, Braun, Hannes A., and Narlawar, Rajeshwar. (2005). Drug development and PET diagnostics for Alzheimer's Disease. Current Medicinal Chemistry, 12(14): 1677-1695.
Williams, R.J.P., Frausto, D.A., and Silva, J.J.R. (2003). Evolution was chemically constrained. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 220(3): 323-343