Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews : Biochemistry

by Champe, Pamela C.

• ISBN13: 9780397510917
• ISBN10: 0397510918
• Additional ISBN(s): 9781451175622
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1994-06-27
• Publisher: 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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