Medical Biochemistry
This textbook presents human biochemistry in a physiological, rather than a chemical perspective, so it provides medical students with a clinically relevant text. The essential basic science is presented emphasising organ biochemistry.
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Edinburgh
Mosby
2009
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| Edition: | Third edition |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Amino acids and proteins
- Carbohydrates and lipids
- Blood: cells and plasma proteins
- Oxygen transport
- Catalytic proteins enzymes
- Hemostasis and thrombosis
- Membranes and transport
- Bioenergetics and oxidative metabolism
- Function of the gastrointestinal tract
- Micronutrients: vitamins and minerals
- Anaerobic metabolism of glucose in the red blood cell
- Carbohydrate storage and synthesis in liver and muscle
- The tricarboxylic acid cycle
- Oxidative metabolism of lipids in liver and muscle
- Biosynthesis and storage of fatty acids
- Biosynthesis of cholesterol and steroids
- Lipoproteins and lipid transport
- Biosynthesis and degradation of amino acids
- Muscle: energy metabolism and contraction
- Glucose homeostasis and fuel metabolism
- Nutrition and energy balance
- Water and electrolyte homeostasis
- Regulation of hydrogen ion concentration (acid-base balance)
- Calcium and bone metabolism
- Complex carbohydrates: glycoproteins
- Complex lipids
- The extracellular matrix
- Role of the liver in metabolism
- Biosynthesis and degradation of nucleotides
- Deoxyribonucleic acid
- Ribonucleic acid
- Protein synthesis and turnover
- Regulation of gene expression
- Recombinant DNA technology
- Genomics, proteomics and metabolomics
- Oxygen and life
- The immune response
- Biochemical endocrinology
- Membrane receptors and signal transduction
- Neurochemistry
- Neurotransmitters
- Cellular homeostasis: cell growth, differentiation and cancer
- Aging.