Main description:

This book is the latest edition of the comprehensive guide to biochemistry for undergraduate and postgraduate students, bridging the gap between basic principles and advanced knowledge in the field.

Fully revised with the most recent advances and developments, the book includes new chapters on hormone and growth factors, LCFA, MUFA, and aliphatic amino acid.

Each chapter begins with an ‘at a glance’ summary of the topic and ends with ‘key learning points’. Clinical case studies, MCQs, short questions, essays and viva voce questions are included for revision. Comprehensive appendices include abbreviations, normal values, conversion chart, Greek alphabet, RDA of nutrients and more. More than 700 images and illustrations enhance learning. Previous edition published in 2013.

Key Points

• Complete guide to latest advances in biochemistry for medical students


• Fully revised, new edition with many new topics


• Features clinical case studies, MCQs, short questions, essays and viva voce questions


• Highly illustrated and includes comprehensive appendices

Contents:

Section A: Chemical Basis of Life

1. Biochemical Perspective to Medicine

2. Subcellular Organelles and Cell Membranes

3. Amino Acids: Structure and Properties

4. Proteins: Structure and Function

5. Enzymology: General Concepts and Enzyme Kinetics

6. Clinical Enzymology

7. Chemistry of Carbohydrates

8. Chemistry of Lipids

Section B: General Metabolism

9. Overview of Metabolism

10. Metabolic Pathways of Glucose

11. Regulation of Blood Glucose, Insulin and Diabetes Mellitus

12. Metabolic Pathways of Other Carbohydrate

13. Metabolism of Fatty Acids

14. Cholesterol and Lipoproteins

15. Hyperlipidemias and Cardiovascular Diseases

16. MCFA, LCFA, MUFA, PUFA, Prostaglandins and Compound Lipids

17. General Amino Acid Metabolism : Urea Cycle, One carbon metabolism

18. Aliphatic Amino Acids

19. Aromatic Amino Acids and Amino acidurias

20. Citric Acid Cycle

21. Biological Oxidation and Electron Transport Chain

22. Heme Synthesis and Breakdown (Pigment Metabolism)

23. Hemoglobin

Section C: Clinical And Applied Biochemistry

24. Liver and Gastric Function Tests

25. Kidney Function Tests

26. Plasma Proteins

27. Acid-Base Balance and pH

28. Electrolyte and Water Balance

29. Body Fluids

30. Free Radicals and Anti-oxidants

31. Laboratory Techniques, Quality Control, Metabolic Diseases

32. Fat Soluble Vitamins (A, D, E, K)

33. Water Soluble Vitamins

34. Mineral Metabolism and Abnormalities

35. Energy Metabolism and Nutrition

36. Detoxification and Biotransformation of Xenobiotics

37. Environmental Pollution and Heavy Metal Poisons

Section D: Molecular Biology

39. DNA - Deoxy Ribonucleic Acid; Structure and Replication

40. Transcription

41. Genetic Code and Translation

42. Control of Gene Expression

43. Recombinant DNA Technology and Gene Therapy

44. Molecular Diagnostics and Genetic Techniques

Section E: Advanced Biochemistry

45. Hormones and Growth Factors

46. Immunochemistry

47. Biochemistry of AIDS and HIV

48. Biochemistry of Cancer

49. Tissue Proteins in Health and Disease

50. Applications of Isotopes in Medicine

APPENDICES

I Abbreviations used in this book

II Normal values (Reference values)

III Conversion chart

IV Greek alphabet

V Recommended daily allowance (RDA) of essential nutrients

VI Composition of nutrients in selected common food materials

VII Nobel Laureates cited in this book

Index