Biochemistry - Useful websites

Check out useful websites pages for biological subjects:

A range of high-quality resources for biochemistry are available on the web. Please see below for many good suggestions:

The page provides a useful list of websites to various aspects of Biochemistry. If you are interested in broader Biomedical or Chemical related topics go to respective subject guide.

• Biocatalysis/Biodegradable Database: Gives access to over 8 million organic compounds.
• ChemTube3D: Resource created by the University of Liverpool, which provides information on organic chemistry, structure and bonding, polymers and inorganic chemistry through a series of interactive animations.
• ChemWeb: The site holds a useful list of journals and provides an overview of a range of core chemistry topics.
• eMolecules: Useful for laboratory write-ups as it provides access to a range of free chemical structures and allows you to search more reliably through chemical structure
• National Chemical Database Service: Provides essential information on the properties and reactions of organic systems and access to a range of useful chemistry resources, factsheets and videos to further your understanding.
• NIST Chemistry WebBook: The website allows you to explore chemical structures based on physical properties such as molecular weight, vibrational and electronic energies and ion energetic properties.
• Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide: Provides an outline on synthesis preparation, experimental setup and purification and is useful for reporting and communicating laboratory experiments.
• International union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC): A compressive list of biochemistry topics to master and a glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactive intermediates based on structure.
• Kaye and Laby Online: Gives access to a comprehensive table of contents and allows you to search for relevant biochemistry topics (like chemical thermodynamics, electrochemistry, properties of chemical bonds, Mass spectrometry etc).
• RSC Periodic Table: The interactive periodic table allows you to explore the history of elements through a series of podcasts, videos and data trends.
• ProteinKinase: The site gives a comprehensive overview of kinases, protein kinase inhibitors as well as the technology and assays involved in enzyme research.

Glossaries

• IUPAC Glossary of terms used in Medicinal Chemistry: A useful list and of terminology, providing consistent definitions for chemistry related terms.
• Medicinal Chemistry Glossary: A comprehensive glossary covers nomenclature and the structural features of organic compounds (including information on functional groups, aliphatic compounds, and heterocycles).

Professional Organisations

• Biochemical Society (UK)

If you’re a Biochemistry student and know of any other useful sites, then please get in touch at: academicskills@qmul.ac.uk