gastrointestinal biochemistry

**eli_flatman** · 15-06-2005, 05:53 PM

hey
anyone got ne tips for revising biochemistry especially the liver i feel like i'm drowning in glycolysis, gluconegolisis and things ( see i can't even spell them!!) i've got an exam in just over a week and any help/revision tips would be grately appreciated ... spose all i can do is my best !!!!
eli xxx

**Jonty** · 16-06-2005, 01:16 PM

record yourself reading the metabolic patways, then play back the recording repeatedly....

apparantley this works - though I havent tried it. just done - and, bizzarely - passed an exam covering these myself, so I know what you are up against. I read through them about a million times but it was in one ear and out the other. but the above technique was used by a freind of mine, and she actually knew them. give it a try.

or just do what I did and keep randomly putting in "phosphorylation", "phosphorylates", "kinase" etc, without knowing what you are on about. worked for me.

**Dan1979** · 16-06-2005, 05:43 PM

Probably fairly obvious, but I find breaking words down into their component parts and understanding them is a massive help. Gluco- neo- genesis.. etc

I also drew out the flow diagrams until I could do them unassisted. Good luck!

**eli_flatman** · 16-06-2005, 06:29 PM

thanks all of you for the tips i'm tryin my best but keep gettin very very distracted but i'm gonna keep going i'm off home on saturday for 5 days of uninterupted biochemistry revision time ... oh how i'm lookin foward to that ! wel betta get my head bac down
eli xxx