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Medical Biochemistry

  • 6 Edición - 21 de junio de 2022
  • Última edición
  • Editores: John W. Baynes, Marek H. Dominiczak
  • Idioma: Inglés

Written by carefully selected global experts, practicing physicians, and educators in the various sub-disciplines of biochemistry, Medical Biochemistry, 6th Edition, offers a un… Leer más

Descripción

Written by carefully selected global experts, practicing physicians, and educators in the various sub-disciplines of biochemistry, Medical Biochemistry, 6th Edition, offers a unique combination of research and clinical practice tailored to today's integrated courses. Covering clinically relevant topics in greater detail than other texts, this outstanding resource provides a strong overview of traditional areas in medical biochemistry along with state-of-the-art coverage of today’s latest developments. You’ll learn basic science concepts alongside clinical cases that describe patients likely to be encountered in clinical training, as well as how to use laboratory tests to diagnose and monitor the most important conditions. Thorough yet accessible, this clinically focused text is useful from medical school to clinical practice.

Puntos claves

  • Features a strong clinical orientation, emphasizing the relevance of biochemistry to the daily practice of medicine
  • Highlights the latest developments in regulatory and molecular biology, signal transduction, age-related chronic disease, epigenetics, and bioinformatics and the “-omics,” as well as important global medical issues such as diabetes mellitus, obesity and malnutrition, cancer and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and nutrition and exercise
  • Emphasizes clinical evaluation, maintenance of good health, and disease prevention, as well as translational medicine and the diagnosis and treatment of disease
  • Contains organ-focused chapters addressing the biochemistry of the bone, kidney, liver, lungs and muscle; and system-focused chapters on the biochemistry of the immune and endocrine systems, neurochemistry and neurotransmission, and cancer
  • Includes clear, colorful icons and illustrations that help you easily navigate the text and understand the material
  • Provides online features such as challenging “Active Learning” questions for independent study, relevant websites that reinforce or supplement chapter content, 150+ multiple-choice and USMLE-style questions, a quick-reference glossary, additional images and case studies, references to current literature, and more
  • Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

De interès para

First year medical students. However, the information provided is designed to be useful throughout medical school, for postgraduate study and for current medical practice

Índice

SECTION 1 Introduction

1. Biochemistry and Clinical Medicine: Introduction and Overview

SECTION 2 Molecules and Cells

2. Amino Acids and Proteins

3. Carbohydrates and Lipids

4. Membranes and Transport

SECTION 3 Metabolism

5. Oxygen Transport

6. Catalytic Proteins - Enzymes

7. Vitamins and Minerals

8. Bioenergetics and Oxidative Metabolism

9. Glycolysis and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway

10. The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle

11. Fatty Acid and Triglyceride Catabolism

12. Biosynthesis and Storage of Carbohydrate

13. Biosynthesis and Storage of Fatty Acids

14. Biosynthesis of Cholesterol and Steroids

15. Biosynthesis and Degradation of Amino Acids

16. Biosynthesis and Degradation of Nucleotides

17. Complex Carbohydrates: Glycoproteins

18. Complex Lipids

19. The Extracellular Matrix

SECTION 4 Molecular Basis of Inheritance

20. Deoxyribonucleic Acid

21. Ribonucleic Acid

22. Protein Synthesis and Turnover

23. Regulation of Gene Expression: Basic Mechanisms

24. Genomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics

SECTION 5 Signalling and Growth

25. Membrane Receptors and Signal Transduction

26. Neurotransmitters

27. Biochemical Endocrinology

28. Cellular Homeostasis: Cell Growth and Cancer

29. Aging

SECTION 6 Fuels Nutrients and Minerals

30. Digestion and Absorption of Nutrients: The Gastrointestinal Tract

31. Glucose Homeostasis and Fuel Metabolism: Diabetes Mellitus

32. Nutrients and Diets

33. Lipoprotein Metabolism and Atherogenesis

SECTION 7 Specialized Tissues and Their Function

34. Role of Liver in Metabolism

35. Water and Electrolytes Homeostasis

36. The Lung and the Regulation of Hydrogen Ion Concentration (Acid–Base Balance)

37. Muscle: Energy Metabolism, Contraction, and Exercise

38. Bone Metabolism and Calcium Homeostasis

39. Neurochemistry

SECTION 8 Blood and Immunity. Clinical Biochemistry

40. Blood and Plasma Proteins

41. Hemostasis and Thrombosis

42. Oxidative Stress and Inflammation

43. The Immune Response: Innate and Adaptive Immunity

Appendix 1: Selected Clinical Laboratory Reference Ranges

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 6
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 23 de enero de 2023
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los editores

JB

John W. Baynes

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Carolina Distinguished Professor Emeritus; Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience; University of South Carolina School of Medicine; Columbia, South Carolina, USA

MD

Marek H. Dominiczak

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Honorary Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medical Humanities, University of Glasgow; Consultant Biochemist, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK