Saat ini, penemuan-penemuan biokimia digunakan di berbagai bidang, mulai dari [[genetika]] hingga [[biologi molekular]] dan dari [[pertanian]] hingga [[kedokteran]]. Penerapan biokimia yang pertama kali barangkali adalah dalam pembuatan [[roti]] menggunakan [[khamir]], sekitar 5000 tahun yang lalu.
==Subdisiplin==
Biokimia secara prinsip merupakan [[kimia]] zat-zat yang bisa digolongkan ke dalam beberapa kategori utama:
*[[karbohidrat]],
*[[lipid]],
*[[protein]] dan [[asam amino]],
*[[asam nukleat]] ([[DNA]], [[RNA]]).
<!--There seems to be no reference whatsoever to Dr. Wilhelm Schuessler, who discovered the 12 essential mineral elements of which the body is both composed and requires for life. Schuessler was a German Scientist, homoeopath and Medical Doctor who lived in Oldenburg Germany ( 1821 - 1898 )and considered the father of Biokimia having worked with many such as Rudolf Virchow (cellular pathology) The first biochemic association was founded in Oldenburg on July 17th 1885.
The Institute of Biokimia (Schuessler) Biochemischer Bund Deutschland (Ev) is still "alive and well" with web page at www.biochemie-online.de
Further information may be obtained in the English language by contacting The Institute of Biochemic medicine (Asia Pacific) A branch of the Biochemischer Bund Deutschland - which is located in Australia
