| Description |
xxv, 653 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm |
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regular print |
| 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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Analysis |
Biochemistry |
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Clinical biochemistry |
| Notes |
Includes Internet access |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Biochemistry.
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Clinical biochemistry.
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Biochemistry.
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Chemistry, Clinical.
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Biochemistry.
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Chemistry, Clinical.
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Biochemistry.
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Chemistry, Clinical.
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| Author |
Dominiczak, Marek H.
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| ISBN |
0323053718 |
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9780323053716 |
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