Basic Medical Biochemistry : A Clinical Approach

by Marks

• ISBN13: 9780683055955
• ISBN10: 068305595X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-08-01
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Table of Contents

Preface
How to Use This Book
Metabolic Fuels and Dietary Components	p. 3
The Fed or Absorptive State	p. 21
Fasting	p. 27
Acids, Bases, and Buffers	p. 37
Relationship of Organic Chemistry to Biochemistry	p. 43
Structures of the Major Compounds of the Body	p. 51
Amino Acids Found in Proteins	p. 67
Protein Structure	p. 79
Enzymes	p. 99
Relationship between Cell Biology and Biochemistry	p. 129
Structure of the Nucleic Acids	p. 149
Synthesis of DNA	p. 167
Transcription: Synthesis of RNA	p. 181
Translation: Synthesis of Proteins	p. 199
Regulation of Gene Expression	p. 215
Use of Recombinant DNA Techniques in Medicine	p. 239
Oncogenes and the Molecular Biology of Cancer	p. 259
Bioenergetics of the Cell	p. 275
Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle	p. 291
Oxidative Phosphorylation and the Electron Transport Chain	p. 311
Oxygen Metabolism and Oxygen Toxicity	p. 327
Generation of ATP from Glucose: Glycolysis	p. 341
Generation of ATP from Fatty Acids and Ketone Bodies	p. 357
Basic Concepts in the Regulation of Fuel Metabolism by Insulin, Glucagon, and Other Hormones	p. 373
Digestion, Absorption, and Transport of Carbohydrates	p. 393
Formation and Degradation of Glycogen	p. 407
Glucose Metabolism in the Liver: Glycolysis and Gluconeogenesis	p. 423
Pentose Phosphate Pathway	p. 437
Pathways for the Interconversion of Sugars	p. 445
Proteoglycans, Glycoproteins, and Glycolipids	p. 457
Maintenance of Blood Glucose Levels	p. 471
Digestion and Transport of Dietary Lipids	p. 491
Synthesis of Fatty Acids, Triacylglycerols, and the Major Membrane Lipids	p. 501
Cholesterol Metabolism and the Blood Lipoproteins	p. 525
Metabolism of the Eicosanoids	p. 545
Integration of Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism	p. 557
Protein Digestion and Amino Acid Absorption	p. 573
Fate of Amino Acid Nitrogen: Urea Cycle	p. 581
Synthesis and Degradation of Amino Acids	p. 595
Tetrahydrofolate, Vitamin B[subscript 12], and S-Adenosylmethionine	p. 613
Special Products Derived from Amino Acids	p. 623
Intertissue Relationships in the Metabolism of Amino Acids	p. 647
Structure, Synthesis, and Basic Actions of Hormones	p. 671
Actions of Hypothalamic and Pituitary Hormones	p. 689
Actions of Hormones That Regulate Fuel Metabolism	p. 703
Actions of Hormones That Affect Sodium and Calcium Levels	p. 717
Actions of Hormones That Affect Growth, Differentiation, and Reproduction	p. 733
Patient Index	p. 747
Subject Index	p. 751
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