Unit - III: Ageing (15 Hrs.)
1. Mechanism of ageing (Theories of ageing)
2. Cellular changes during ageing
3. Molecular changes during ageing
4. Immunological changes during ageing
5. Accumulation of toxins and chemical garbage, formation of lipofuschin granules
7. Strategies against ageing
Unit - IV: Effects of inhibitors (15 Hrs.)
1. DNA synthesis (Mitomycin)
2. RNA synthesis (Actinomycin and Rafampicin).
3. Protein synthesis (Cyclohexamide, Tetracyclins, Chloramphenicol,
streptomycins).
4. Mitochondrial metabolism (CN, CO, Actinomycin –A, Azide etc.)
- Teacher: Madhuri Walvekar Zoology