Medical biochemistry /
By: Baynes, John W., Ph. D [author.].
Contributor(s): Dominiczak, Marek H., M. D [author.].
Publisher: [Edinburgh] : Elsevier Health Sciences, 2019Edition: Fifth edition.Description: xxvi, 682 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 0702072990; 9780702072994:; 9780702072994.Subject(s): Biochemistry | Clinical biochemistryDDC classification: 616.0756 BAYItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
I: Introduction -- Introduction / John W. Baynes, Marek H. Dominiczak -- II: Molecules and cells -- Amino acids and proteins -- Carbohydrates and lipids -- Membranes and transport -- III: Metabolism -- Hemoglobin and oxygen transport -- Catalytic proteins-enzymes -- Vitamins and minerals -- Bioenergetics and oxidative metabolism -- Anaerobic metabolism of glucose carbohydrates in the red blood cell -- The tricarboxylic acid cycle -- Oxidative metabolism of lipids in liver and muscle -- Biosynthesis and storage of carbohydrates in liver and muscle -- Biosynthesis and storage of fatty acids -- Biosynthesis of cholesterol and steroids -- Biosynthesis and degradation of amino acids -- Biosynthesis and degradation of nucleotides -- Complex carbohydrates: glycoproteins -- Complex lipids -- The extracellular matrix -- IV: Molecular basis of inheritance -- Deoxyribonucleic acid -- Ribonucleic acid -- Protein synthesis and turnover -- Regulation of gene expression: basic mechanisms -- Genomics, proteomics and metabolomics -- V: Signalling and growth -- Membrane receptors and signal transduction -- Neurotransmitters -- Biochemical endocrinology -- Cellular homeostasis: cell growth and cancer -- Aging -- VI: Fuels nutrients and minerals -- Digestion and absorption of nutrients: the gastrointestinal tract -- Glucose homeostasis and fuel metabolism: diabetes mellitus -- Nutrients and diets -- Lipoprotein metabolism and atherogenesis -- VII: Specialized tissues and their function -- The role of liver in metabolism -- Water and electrolytes homeostasis -- Lung and the regulation of hydrogen ion concentration (Acid-base balance) -- Muscle: energy metabolism and contraction exercise -- Bone metabolism and calcium homeostasis -- Neurochemistry -- VIII: Blood and Immunity. Clinical biochemistry -- Blood and plasma proteins -- Haemostasis and thrombosis -- Oxidative stress and inflammation -- The immune response: innate and adaptive immunity -- Appendix 1: Selected clinical laboratory reference ranges -- Appendix 2: Case stud.
This textbook presents human biochemistry in a physiological, rather than a chemical perspective, so it provides medical students with a clinically relevant text. The essential basic science is presented emphasising organ biochemistry.