Essentials of Medical Biochemistry: With Clinical Cases

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Cells: Structure and Functions 2. Water, Acids, Bases, and Buffers 3. Amino Acids 4. Three-Dimensional Structure of Proteins 5. Energetics of Biological Systems 6. Enzymes and Enzyme Regulation 7. Clinical Enzymology and Biomarkers of Tissue Injury 8. Simple Carbohydrates 9. Heteropolysaccharides I: Glycoconjugates, Glycoproteins, and Glycolipids 10. Connective Tissue: Fibrous and Non-Fibrous Proteins and Proteoglycans 11. Gastrointestinal Digestion and Absorption 12. Carbohydrate Metabolism I: Glycolysis and the Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle 13. Electron Transport Chain, Oxidative Phosphorylation, and Other Oxygen-Consuming Systems 14. Carbohydrate Metabolism II: Gluconeogenesis, Glycogen Synthesis and Breakdown, and Alternative Pathways 15. Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism 16. Lipids I: Fatty Acids and Eicosanoids 17. Lipids II: Phospholipids, Glycosphingolipids, and Cholesterol 18. Lipids III: Plasma Lipoproteins 19. Contractile Systems 20. Perturbations of Energy Metabolism: Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus 21. Structure and Properties of DNA 22. DNA Replication, Repair, and Mutagenesis 23. RNA and Protein Synthesis 24. Regulation of Gene Expression 25. Nucleotide Metabolism 26. Hemoglobin 27. Metabolism of Iron and Heme 28. Endocrine Metabolism I: Introduction and Signal Transduction 29. Endocrine Metabolism II: Hypothalamus and Pituitary 30. Endocrine Metabolism III: Adrenal Glands 31. Endocrine Metabolism IV: Thyroid Gland 32. Endocrine Metabolism V: Reproductive System 33. Immunology 34. Biochemistry of Hemostasis 35. Mineral Metabolism 36. Vitamin Metabolism 37. Water, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Balance 38. Case Studies Appendix

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