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Human Biochemistry

Human Biochemistry includes clinical case studies and applications that are useful to medical, dentistry and pharmacy students. It enables users to practice for future careers a… Read more

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Description

Human Biochemistry includes clinical case studies and applications that are useful to medical, dentistry and pharmacy students. It enables users to practice for future careers as both clinicians and researchers.

Offering immediate application of biochemical principles into clinical terms in an updated way, this book is the unparalleled textbook for medical biochemistry courses in medical, dental and pharmacy programs.

Key features

  • Winner of a 2018 Most Promising New Textbook (College) Award (Texty) from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association
  • 2019 PROSE Awards - Winner: Category: Textbook/Biological and Life Science: Association of American Publishers
  • Offers immediate application of biochemical principles into clinical terms in an updated way
  • Contains coverage of the most current research in medical biochemistry
  • Presents the first solution designed to reflect the needs of both research oriented and clinically oriented medical students

Readership

Medical students, dentistry students, pharmaceutical students, and graduate students taking medical biochemistry

Table of contents

1. Organ Systems and Tissues2. The Cell3. Water, pH, Buffers, General Features of Receptors, Channels and Pumps4. Proteins5. Enzymes6. Insulin and Sugars7. Glycogen and Glycogenolysis8. Glycolysis and Gluconeogensis9. Lipids10. Nucleic Acids and Molecular Genetics11. Protein Biosynthesis12. Transcription13. Metabolism of Amino Acids14. Metabolism of Fat, Carbohydrate and Nucleic Acids15. Polypeptide Hormones16. Steroid Hormones17. Growth Factors and Cytokines18. Membrane Transport19. Micronutrients (Metals and Iodine)20. Vitamins and Nutrition21. Blood and lymphatic system

Review quotes

"This textbook should come with a warning: Any serious student, teacher or scientist interested in biology who begins to read it, will not be able to close it for hours and perhaps days. It is a text they will cherish for years to come.

Why is this book exceptional? The answer is that a single scientist has somehow managed to integrate the vast amount of data being generated about human biochemistry and biology into a fascinating story that has an elegance and a beauty rarely if ever seen before."—Amazon

Product details

About the author

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Gerald Litwack

Dr. Litwack was formerly Professor of Molecular and Cellular Medicine and Associate Director at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Texas A & M Health Science Center.
Affiliations and expertise
Toluca Lake, North Hollywood, CA, USA

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