Salient Features * The whole text has been written in simple and lucid language maintaining the widely accepted basic style and initial goal. * Presents a complete, authoritative and easily understandable biochemistry text for medical, dental, pharmacy and other health science students. * Text incorporated with coloured diagrams throughout the book and extensive index at the end. * Text is completely revised, updated and richly illustrated including new tables, figures and MCQs as well as a new chapter on the Immune System. * Significant changes has been made in topics like lipoproteins, structure-functions relationship of proteins, diagnostic use of enzymes, protein targeting, etc.
Table Of Contents Section :1 Structure and Function of the Cell and Bio-molecules 1. The Cell 2. Carbohydrate Chemistry 3. Chemistry of Lipid 4. Chemistry of Proteins 5. Plasma Proteins and Immunoglobulins 6. Enzymes 7. Vitamins 8. Chemistry of Haemoglobin 9. Chemistry of Nucleic Acid
Section : 2 Energy Metabolism, Nutrition and Metabolism of Bio-molecules 10. Bioenergetics and Biological Oxidation 11. Human Nutrition 12. Carbohydrate Metabolism 13. Lipid Metabolism 14. Protein Metabolism 15. Integration of Metabolism and Metabolism in Starvation 16. Water Metabolism 17. Mineral Metabolism 18. Haemoglobin Metabolism 18. Haemoglobin Metabolism 19. Nucleic Acid Metabolism
Section : 3 Biochemistry of Cellular Communication 20. Mechanism of Hormone Action 21. Neurotransmitters Section : 4 Molecular Biology 22. Replication, Transcription and Translation 23. Regulation of Gene Expression and Mutation Genetic Engineering
BIOCHEMISTRY Section : 5 Clinical Biochemistry 25. Acid-base Balance 26. Organ Function Tests 27. Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), Cardiac Markers and Lipid Profile 28. Radioisotopes in Medicines
Section : 6 Health, Disease and Environment 29. Free Radicals in Health Disease and Antioxidants 30. Metabolism of Xenobiotics (Detoxification) 31. Cancer 32. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) 33. Environment and Health 34. The Immune System 35. Biomedical Waste Management
Section : 7 Biochemistry of the Tissue 36. Connective Tissue 37. Muscle Section : 8 Basic Analytical Techniques in Biochemistry 38. Chromatography, Electrophoresis, Photometry and Radioimmunoassay Index