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Essentials of Medical Biochemistry With Clinical Cases

The research-driven content includes four-color illustrations throughout to develop an Cases of the events and processes that are occurring at both the molecular and macrolecular levels of physiologic regulation, clinical effects, and interactions. Using thorough introductions, end of chapter reviews, fact-filled tables, and related multiple-choice questions, Bhagavan provides the reader with the medical condensed yet detailed biochemistry overview available. Key Features Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Water, Acids, Bases, and Buffers Chapter 3. Three-Dimensional Structure of Proteins Chapter 5. Energetics of Biological Systems Chapter 6. Enzymes and Enzyme Regulation Chapter 7. Clinical Enzymology and Biomarkers of Tissue Injury Chapter 8.<br Biochemistry Digestion and Absorption Chapter 12. Carbohydrate Metabolism I Chapter 13. Electron Transport Chain, Oxidative Phosphorylation, and Other Oxygen-Consuming Systems Chapter 14. Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism Chapter 16. Perturbations of Energy Metabolism Chapter 21. Regulation of Gene Expression Chapter 25. Metabolism of Iron and Heme Chapter 28. Endocrine Metabolism I Chapter 29. Endocrine Metabolism V Chapter 33. Biochemistry of Hemostasis Chapter 35. Water, Electrolytes, and Acid—Base Balance Chapter 38. Case Studies and Enrichment References Appendix. The biochemistry covers basic, traditional biochemical topics as well as recently developments driven by genomics that caught the interests of everyone, a biochemist and health care personnels and clinical doctors.<br Cases such a concise textbook that covers the many aspects of biochemistry and their relevantness to diseases would prepare our pre-med students with a broad understanding of the mechanisms of a large number of health problems. The book would also be a very useful starting point for those who are experts in other medical With basic research but have an interest or need to relate basic biochemical processes to and disease mechanisms in a broad range. This book Essentials very concise on most of the topics it covers. It describes the principles to the point the students essential without lengthy elaborations that takes too much time that students often find hard to find due to heavy study load. Accompanied by case studies, this is a clinical good book for medical orientated students. The chapters on genomics and hematology are handled better by Bhagavan than in other books that I'm familiar with. It was probably this coverage in Bhagavan that made it our choice. The hematology section is better than that in most full hematology books. Eugene Allanson Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Georgetown University Medical Center. -