CHEM C264Free Radicals in Biology and Medicine
Chemistry and Biochemistry · 2 to 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Biochemcial reactivity of dioxygen, its role in mitochondrial metabolism, neurodegenerative diseases, apoptosis, and aging. Discussion of radical reactions, how they are harnessed to achieve enzyme catalysis, and how free radicals contribute to or regulate essential biological processes. These same reactions run amok under certain types of stress and can contribute to wide variety of diseases, including neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Huntington’s, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s diseases), mitochondrial diseases, atherosclerosis, and aging. Concurrently scheduled with course C164.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisites: courses 153A and either 153B or 153C, with grades of C– or better.
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- CHEM 153A
- either 153B
- 153C
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Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
CHEM C264
- CHEM 153ABiochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism
1 direct requisite. Showing 5 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.