Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews : Biochemistry
by Champe, Pamela C.Edition: 2nd
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 1994-06-27
Publisher(s): Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Summary
This popular study guide and review provide a quick survey of the field of biochemistry, covering the essentials that students need to know. Includes board-type questions to give students experience for what they will encounter in actual examinations. Now thoroughly revised and updated throughout, with much new material on cholesterol and steroid metabolism, nutrition and protein synthesis. Plus, the authors have included a unique cross-referencing system to the book's companion volume, Harvey and Champe's Lippincott's Illustrated Review of Pharmacology.
Table of Contents
| Amino acids | p. 1 |
| Structure of proteins | p. 13 |
| Globular proteins | p. 25 |
| Fibrous proteins | p. 43 |
| Enzymes | p. 53 |
| Bioenergetics and oxidative phosphorylation | p. 69 |
| Introduction to carbohydrates | p. 83 |
| Glycolysis | p. 89 |
| Tricarboxylic acid cycle | p. 107 |
| Gluconeogenesis | p. 115 |
| Glycogen metabolism | p. 123 |
| Metabolism of monosaccharides and disaccharides | p. 135 |
| Pentose phosphate pathway and NADPH | p. 143 |
| Glycosaminoglycans and glycoproteins | p. 155 |
| Metabolism of dietary lipids | p. 171 |
| Fatty acid and triacylglycerol metabolism | p. 179 |
| Complex lipid metabolism | p. 199 |
| Cholesterol and steroid metabolism | p. 217 |
| Amino acids : disposal of nitrogen | p. 243 |
| Amino acid degradation and synthesis | p. 259 |
| Conversion of amino acids to specialized products | p. 275 |
| Nucleotide metabolism | p. 289 |
| Metabolic effects of insulin and glucagon | p. 305 |
| The feed/fast cycle | p. 319 |
| Diabetes mellitus | p. 335 |
| Obesity | p. 347 |
| Nutrition | p. 355 |
| Vitamins | p. 371 |
| DNA structure and replication | p. 393 |
| RNA structure and synthesis | p. 413 |
| Protein synthesis | p. 429 |
| Biotechnology and human disease | p. 445 |
| Summary of key biochemical facts | p. 469 |
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