Disciplines and Occupations

Biochemistry

The study of the composition, chemical structures, and chemical reactions of living things.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The study of the composition, chemical structures, and chemical reactions of living things.

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

the discipline (education, history, etc) only; use BIOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA or specifics treed under it for chemical processes and reactions of biological systems

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  1. H01w.158w.201w
  2. H01w.181w.122w

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QU 21

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Biochemistry. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001671. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001671
  2. Biochemistry. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochemistry
  3. Biochemistry. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7094