About the department
The study began at the Faculty of Pharmacy as a department of the Faculty of Medicine in the academic year 1970/1971.
The Deputy Prime Minister for Culture and Information issued Decree No. 134 of 1973 separating the pharmacy departments from the College of Medicine to become an independent college.
The study began in biochemistry in the Department of Pharmacology and Biochemistry in the academic year 1973/1974, where the study was in the laboratories of the Department of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine.
Biochemistry laboratories were established at Al-Saila College - Mansoura University in the academic year 1986/1987 in the presence of the following:
- Prof. Dr./ Amal Muhammad Abdo Al-Jayyar (teacher at the time).
- Prof. Dr. Ahmed Muhammad Ali Rabei (may God pass away) (teacher at the time).
- Prof. Mamdouh Muhammad Al-Sheshtawy, Syed Ahmed Khalaf (teacher at the time).
- Prof. Layla Ahmed Farag Issa (a teaching assistant at that time).
Ministerial Resolution No. (1573) was issued on 10/11/2001 to make the scientific departments eight, namely: Medicinal Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry - Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry - Biochemistry - Pharmaceutics - Drugs - Pharmacology and Toxicology - Microbiology.
Assuming the presidency of the department council when it was established (and until now) Prof. Dr./ Amal Muhammad Abdu Al-Jayar.
The biochemistry laboratories occupied one of the buildings of the Faculty of Medicine until a separate building was established for the Faculty of Pharmacy.
The department is currently occupying (and since the academic year 2009/2010) the first floor in building (A) and building (B) in the new building designated for the Faculty of Pharmacy.
Teaching the courses entrusted to the department to students using modern technological techniques
About the science of biochemistry
Biochemistry is one of the branches of natural sciences that is concerned with the study of everything related to the life of living organisms, whether they are minute (bacteria, fungi, algae) or refined such as humans, animals and plants. .
Scientists in this field focused on researching the chemistry of living organisms of all kinds by studying the cellular components of these organisms in terms of the chemical structures of these components, their areas of presence and their vital functions, as well as studying the various biological interactions that occur within these living cells in terms of construction and synthesis. , or in terms of demolition and energy production.
Biochemistry also includes the study of the structure and function of cellular components, such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acid, and other biomolecules. Recently biochemistry has focused more specifically on the chemistry of enzymes that catalyze many biological processes and reactions, and on the properties of proteins.
Biochemistry generally consists of the study of vital compounds such as: carbohydrates, amino acids, proteins, enzymes, lipids, hormones and vitamins.