Harper’s Illustrated Biochemistry Product Description:
- Author: Robert K. Murray , Peter J. Kennelly , David A. Bender , Kethleen M. Botham , P. Anthony Weil , Victor W. Rodwell
- Paperback: 830 pages
- Publisher: Tata McGraw – Hill Education ; 29 edition (2012 March)
- Language: English
- ISBN-13: 9780071792776
The biochemistry text that every medical student must own–now in full color!
Comprehensive, concise, and up-to-date, Harper’s is unrivaled in its ability to clarify the link between biochemistry and the molecular basis of health and disease.
The Twenty-Eighth Edition has undergone sweeping changes — including a conversion to full-color artwork and the substantial revision and updating of every chapter — all to reflect the latest advances in knowledge and technology and to make the text as up-to-date and clinically relevant as possible. Combining outstanding full-color illustrations with integrated coverage of biochemical diseases and clinical information, Harper’s Illustrated Biochemistry offers an organization and clarity not found in any other text on the subject.
Striking just the right balance between detail and brevity, Harpers Illustrated Biochemistry is essential for USMLE review and is the single best reference for learning the clinical relevance of a biochemistry topic.
NEW to this Edition:
- Full-color presentation, including 600+ illustrations
- Every chapter opens with a Summary of the Biomedical Importance and concludes with a Summary reviewing the topics covered
- Two all-new chapters: “Free Radicals and Antioxidant Nutrients” and “Biochemical Case Histories” which offers an extensive presentation of 16 clinical conditions
- A new appendix containing basic clinical laboratory results and an updated one with a list of important websites and online journals
- NEW or updated coverage of important topics including the Human Genome Project and computer-aided drug delivery
Harper’s Illustrated Biochemistry Salient Features:
- A clear, succinct approach to the fundamentals of biochemistry that students need to understand to succeed in medical school
- Ideal as a USMLE review
- Pedagogy includes new chapter objectives, updated chapter summaries, and boxed cases
- More than 600 full-color illustrations
Table of Contents:
Section I: Structures and Functions of Proteins and Enzymes
I. Biochemistry & Medicine
2. Water & pH 7
3. Amino Acids & Peptides
4. Proteins: Determination of Primary Structure
5. Proteins: Higher Orders of Structure
6. Proteins: Myoglobin & hemoglobin
7. Enzymes: Mechanism of Action
B. Enzymes: Kinetics
9. Enzymes: regulation of Activities
10 Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
Section II: Bioenergetics and the Metabolism of Carbohydrates and Lipids
11. Bioenergelics: The Role of ATP
12, Biologic Oxidation
14. Carbohydrates of Physiologic Significance
15. Lipids of Physiologic Significance
16. Overview of Metabolism & the Provision of Metabolic Fuels
17. The Citric Acid Cycle: The Catabolism of Acetyl-CoA
18. Glycolysis & the Oxidation of Pyruvate
19. Metabolism of Glycogen
20. Gluconeogenesis & the Control of Blood Glucose
21. The Pentose Phosphate Pathway & Other Pathways of hexose Metabolism
22. Oxidation of Fatty Acids Ketogenesis
23. Biosynthesis of Fatly Acids & Eicosanoids
24. Metabolism of Acylglycerols & Sphingolipids
25. Lipid Transport & Storage
26. Cholesterol Synthesis. Transport, & Excretion
Section III: Metabolism of Proteins and Amino Acids
27. Biosynthesis of the Nutritionally Nonessential Amino Acids
28 Catabolism of Proteins & of Amino Acid Nitrogen
29 Catabolism of the Carbon Skeletons of Amino Acids
30 Conversion of Amino Acids to Specialized Products
31 Porphyrins & Bile Pigments
Section IV: Structure. Function and Replication of Informational Macromolecules
32 Nucleotides
33. Metabolism of Purine & Pyrimidine Nucleotides
34. Nucleic Acid Structure & Function
35. DNA Organization. Replication, & Repair
36. RNA Synthesis, Processing. & Modification
37. Protein Synthesis & the Genetic Code
38. Regulation of Gene Expression
39. Molecular Genetics. Recombinant DNA, & Genornic Technology
Section V: Biochemistry of Extracellular and Intracellular Communication
40. Membranes: Structure & Function
41. The diversity of the Endocrine System
42. Norman° Action & Signal Transduction
Section VI: Special Topics (will highlight the 16 cases)
43. Nutrition, Digestion & Absorption
44. Micronutrients: Vitamins & Minerals
45 Free Radicals and Antioxidant Nutrients
46 Intracellular Traffic & Sorting of Proteins
47. Glycoproteins
48. The Extracellular Matrix
49. Muscle & the Cyloskeleton
50. Plasma Proteins & Immunoglobulins
51. Haemostasis & Thrombosis
52 Red & White Blood Cells
53 Metabolism of Xenotkotics
54 The Biochemistry of Aging
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