Description
Essentials of Biochemistry, is based on the earlier well-established book Biochemistry. It has been streamlined to focus primarily on the essential biochemical concepts important to medical students. If further details are needed, it is advised that the students should refer to larger parent book Biochemistry.
The curriculum of biochemistry for medical students is vast and the time available for its study is comparatively short. All this has prompted me to write a concise textbook on biochemistry, which should be complete, comprehensive, easily understandable and exam oriented.
The entire text has been rewritten, simplified and conveniently divided into thirty-five chapters, that encompasses all the syllabus recommended by the Medical Council of India (MCI). Excessive details, redundancy and verbosit have been minimized as far as possible without compromising the clarity of expression and accuracy of meaning. Wherever possible, additional information has been provided in the form of diagrams, tables and flow charts. The book is well illustrated and each chapter begins with a chapter outline that indicates the topics covered and concludes with a “Summary” of the contents. Multiple choice questions (MCQs) and clinical cases given at the end of the chapters are intended to help the students in self assessment. I do hope the students will appreciate this book as a resource for securing knowledge and procuring good marks in the examination.
In addition to medical students, this book will also be useful for students of dental, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nursing and other life sciences. If this book truly helps the students in understanding biochemistry, I shall consider that I have done my job in providing a secured base for students to excel further in medical sciences.
Contents:
Chapter 1 cell and membrane transport
Chapter 2 carbohydrate chemistry
Chapter 3 chemistry of lipids
Chapter 4 chemistry of proteins
Chapter 5 plasma proteins and immunoglobulins
Chapter 6 enzymes
Chapter 7 vitamins
Chapter 8 chemistry of hemoglobin
Chapter 9 chemistry of nucleic acids
Chapter 10 biological oxidation
Chapter 11 nutrition
Chapter 12 carbohydrate metabolism
Chapter 13 lipid metabolism
Chapter 14 protein metabolism
Chapter 15 integration of metabolism and metabolism in starvation
Chapter 16 water metabolism
Chapter 17 mineral metabolism
Chapter 18 hemoglobin metabolism
Chapter 19 nucleic acid metabolism
Chapter 20 replication, transcription and translation
Chapter 21 regulation of gene expression and mutation
Chapter 22 genetic engineering
Chapter 23 mechanism of hormone action
Chapter 24 acid-base balance
Chapter 25 organ function tests
Chapter 26 radioisotopes in medicine
Chapter 27 free radicals and antioxidants
Chapter 28 detoxification (metabolism of xenobiotics)
Chapter 29 cancer
Chapter 30 environmental biochemistry
Chapter 31 biomedical waste management
Chapter 32 connective tissue
Chapter 33 muscle
Chapter 34 neurotransmitters
Chapter 35 laboratory investigation techniques