Textbook Of Medical Biochemistry (third Edition)

Preface to the Third Edition / Section I. THE FUNDAMENTAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF BIOCHEMISTRY - The Cell / Carbohydrates / Lipids / Proteins / Nucleoprotiens / Hemoglobin / Enzymes, Coenzymes, and Isozymes / Biological Oxidations and Bio-energetics / Chemistry of Blood / Composition and Structure of Muscle and Biochemistry of Muscular Contraction / Biochemistry of Digestion and Absorption / Section II. METABOLISM - Carbohydrate Metabolism / Lipid Metabolism / Protein and Aminoacid Metabolism / Molecular Biology and Generic Engineering / Metabolism of Nucleoproteins, Purines and Pyrimidines / Vitamins / Hormones, their Chemistry and Functions / Metabolism of Minerals / Methods of Study of Metabolisms / Detoxication (Bio-transformation) / Section III. ENERGY METABOLISM, B.M.R., S.D.A., NUTRITION, COMPOSITION OF FOODS AND BALANCED DIET - Energy Metabolism, Nutrition, Composition of Foods and Balanced Diet / Section IV. CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND HAZARDS TO HEALTH, AND IMMUNOLOGY - Disorders of Carbohydrate, Lipid and Protein Metabolisms / Inborn Errors of Metabolism / Body Fluids / Biochemistry of Cancer / Environmental Pollution and Hazards to Health / Immunology / Section V. FUNCTION TESTS - Biochemical Evaluation and Function Tests / Section VI. MODERN TECHNIQUES IN BIOCHEMISTRY - Modern Techniques in Biochemistry / Section VII. PHYSICOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BIOCHEMISTRY - Physiocochemical Aspects of Biochemistry / Section VIII. BIOSTATISTICS - Fundamentals of Biostatistics / References / Index

This revised edition is thoroughly updated with chapter summaries and questions included at the end of each chapter. Topics such as biostatistics, metabolism in starvation, and alchoholism are extensively covered. New chapters on clinical biochemistry, immunology and environmental pollutants have been added.