Biology Essays

Homeostasis, Coordination & Control and the Excretory System
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jun 2018
Introduction: Sophie Jesuthasan   TAQ 1 What is homeostasis? (96 words) Homeostasis is the process of maintaining internal equilibrium, regardless of external influences. Every internal process has a desirable ...

Aspirin: Mechanisms of Action, Absorption and Elimination
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jun 2018
Introduction: Today, there are many medicines used to treat human diseases and one of the medicines is called Bayer aspirin. Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) is a white or colourless crystalline powder. Anthony (2002...

Bacterial Biofilms Formation and Quorum Sensing
Example essay. Last modified: 31st May 2018
Introduction: Biofilms is a community of microorganisms irreversibly attached to a surface, producing extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), exhibiting an altered phenotype compared with corresponding planctonic...

The Chemiluminescence of Luminol | Lab Report
Example essay. Last modified: 31st May 2018
Introduction: Introduction Chemiluminiscence is the process whereby light is produced via a chemical reaction with the evolution of little or no heat. Chemiluminescence, unlike phosphorescence and fluorescence, doe...

Tablet Direct Compression Methods
Example essay. Last modified: 31st May 2018
Introduction: Tablets are solid dosage forms usually prepared with the aid of suitable pharmaceutical excipients. The excipients can include binders, glidants (flow aids) and lubricants to ensure efficient tabletin...

Decomposition of H2o2 Effects
Example essay. Last modified: 31st May 2018
Introduction: Enzymes are proteins that enter a biochemical reaction and speed up the reaction rate. Enzymes actually help the reaction by lowering its activation energy. Like other proteins, they work properly bec...

Effect of Mineral Deficiency on Plant Growth
Example essay. Last modified: 31st May 2018
Introduction: Aim To investigate the effect of mineral deficiencies towards the growth of Lemna sp Introduction Plants need water, carbon dioxide and sunlight to synthesise carbohydrates during photosynthesis. To s...

Atrial Fibrillation and Cardiac Arrhythmia
Example essay. Last modified: 30th May 2018
Introduction: Introduction Atrial fibrillation is the most common form of cardiac arrhythmia; it involves the two upper chambers of the heart known as the atria. During atrial fibrillation the normal pulses generat...

β-galactosidase in E.Coli Cells | Experiment
Example essay. Last modified: 30th May 2018
Introduction: The experiment for the induction of -galactosidase comprises of two parts. The main aim of the first part was to measure the relative amount of -galactosidase in E.coli cells by using IPTG as the indu...

Identification of Unknown Carbohydrates | Lab Report
Example essay. Last modified: 30th May 2018
Introduction: From the name itself, Carbohydrates are hydrates of carbons that are polar in nature. The building blocks of carbohydrates are monosaccharides which are simple sugars due to their low molecular weight...

Hypothalamic Pituitary Testicular Axis: Structure
Example essay. Last modified: 30th May 2018
Introduction: The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Testicular Axis refers to the release of hormones by three glands and the effects of those hormones on the body. These three glands release multiple hormones and cause multi...

Domestic Wastewater: Characteristics and Treatment
Example essay. Last modified: 30th May 2018
Introduction: General  Generally domestic wastewater can be classified in two basic categories. These are brown wastewater (kitchen, bath, laundry) and the black wastewater (urine, faeces and toilet paper) (Ericso...

Valency of Magnesium | Experiment
Example essay. Last modified: 30th May 2018
Introduction: Stoichiometry is a branch of chemistry that deals with relative quantities of reactants and products in a chemical equation. In a balanced chemical equation, we can found the relation (quantities) bet...

Health Benefits of Pistachios
Example essay. Last modified: 30th May 2018
Introduction: Pistachios also known as Pistacia Vera are small trees in the Anacardiaceae family. They originated from Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Greece, Iran, Turkey, Syria, India, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan. Pistach...

Manipulation of Reproduction in Animals
Example essay. Last modified: 30th May 2018
Introduction: Introduction Animals are an important source of high protein in food, leather and fibre which we humans have been using since ancient times. In India, milk products and milk have become an inherent p...

High Throughput Screening of Drug Design
Example essay. Last modified: 30th May 2018
Introduction: Jyoti Tukaram Bhakare INTRODUCTION During the ancient times drugs were discovered by studying and identifying active material from traditional remedies. Later many techniques have been developed to ...

Acute Pulmonary Oedema (APO) Pathophysiology
Example essay. Last modified: 30th May 2018
Introduction: Introduction The aim of this paper is to reflect upon the pathophysiology of the acute pulmonary oedema (Apo) and its relation to the patient’s existing condition of chronic renal failure (CRF). Th...

Analysis of Urine Samples Using Chemstrips
Example essay. Last modified: 30th May 2018
Introduction: Julia Pendexter Sarah, Kayla, and Albert Introduction The urinary system, composed of two kidneys, two ureters, one bladder, and one urethra, plays an important role in removing waste from fluid fo...

Adaptations for High Altitude Birds
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Introduction: Birds have developed the ability to maintain flight at various altitudes. The focus of this essay was placed specifically on flight at high altitudes. The characteristics of birds which maintain fligh...

Resin Modified Glass Ionomer Cements
Example essay. Last modified: 30th May 2018
Introduction: Glass Ionomer Cements is produced when ion-leachable calcium alumino-silicate glass powder that has fluoride is reacted with polyalkenoic acid. In recent times, the utilizing of Glass Ionomer Cements ...

Effects of Allergies on the Body
Example essay. Last modified: 30th May 2018
Introduction: The human body is made with different kinds of immunity, which protects it from anything that could harm the body. During an allergic reaction, the immune system erroneously believes that what have en...

Structure and Ecology of E.Coli
Example essay. Last modified: 30th May 2018
Introduction: NURUL ATIKAH INTRODUCTION Since the ancient time until today, the modern day area, human had been living with various microorganism like bacteria, archaea, algae, fungi, protozoa and viruses (Pelcz...

Artificial Heart: Research and Development
Example essay. Last modified: 30th May 2018
Introduction: Independent Study Assignment Research and development of artificial heart has been making tremendous progress throughout the years. Research areas now includes determining which types of cells can hol...

Types of Tonsillitis: An Overview of Causes and Treatments
Example essay. Last modified: 30th May 2018
Introduction: There are 2 main types of tonsillitis: acute and chronic. Acute tonsillitis can either be bacterial or viral in origin. Subacute tonsillitis is caused by the bacterium Actinomyces. Chronic tonsillitis...

Separating Binary Mixture of Naphthalene and Biphenyl
Example essay. Last modified: 30th May 2018
Introduction: Napthalene and biphenyl mixture is a binary mixture of substances where the substances are very similar to each other as can be observed from their structures. Due to their similarities in physical pr...