No. Alzheimer's disease is an autoimmune disease. It is a progressive neurologic disorder that causes brain cells to die and the brain to shrink.... View Article
Osteoporosis is a condition that affects the bones by increasing the spaces and causing the bone to lose strength and density. This bone disorder... View Article
Corpus Callosum is a C shaped, large bundle of nerve fibres found beneath the cerebral cortex and is involved in connecting the left and right... View Article
A catalogue can be defined as a complete list or a booklet or register, which comprises a list of characters and their alternates present in... View Article
In population ecology, the term natality refers to the birth rate. Explore more:Population and Population Growth. Stay tuned to BYJU'S to learn... View Article
No. Carbon dioxide(CO2) is a primary air pollutant emitted directly from a source. Also see: How Do Plants Use Co2 In Photosynthesis? Does... View Article
Niche is defined as how an organism fits into an ecological community or ecosystem where it lives. Explore more: Difference between Habitat... View Article
Biopiracy is a term used to define the use of bioresources for commercial and industrial use without authorisation from the concerned country.... View Article
ICBN - The International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. It refers to the set of rules and recommendations dealing with the formal botanical... View Article
Musca domestica is the scientific name of the housefly. Explore more: Scientific Names of Animals And Plants. Stay tuned to BYJU'S to learn... View Article
A process of collecting different plant species, which are dried, pressed and mounted on herbarium sheets and classified according to the... View Article
The nightshade vegetables are also called Solanaceae. They are a family of flowering plants, which is commonly called the potato family. There... View Article
The term biosystematics is also termed as the new systematics. Sir Julian Huxley first introduced it. The word systematics is derived from the... View Article
Pyruvate is mainly synthesised by glycolysis. The chief end product of pyruvate metabolism is acetyl CoA, which enters the Krebs cycle. Pyruvate... View Article
When oxygen is present, pyruvate is transported to the mitochondria and then produces acetyl CoA after oxidative decarboxylation. The enzyme... View Article
Pyruvate is the key intermediate in many metabolic processes. It interlinks various processes such as glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, fatty acid... View Article
Pyruvate is reduced to lactate by the enzyme lactate dehydrogenase in the absence of oxygen. NADH is oxidised to NAD+ in the reaction. Also... View Article
