Textbook Of Medical Biochemistry

The eighth edition of Textbook of Medical Biochemistry provides a concise, comprehensive overview of biochemistry, with a clinical approach to understand disease processes. Beginning with an introduction to cell biology, the book continues with an analysis of biomolecule chemistry, molecular biology and metabolism, as well as chapters on diet and nutrition, biochemistry of cancer and AIDS, and environmental biochemistry. Each chapter includes numerous images, multiple choice and essay-style questions, as well as highlighted text to help students remember the key points.

The third edition of the book is thoroughly updated and presented in a new two-colour format. The book presents a detailed and authoritative exposition of the basic principles and applications of biochemistry. It focuses primarily on clarity of the fundamental concepts and explains them according to the need of undergraduate medical students. The organization of content in this book is such that it provides the reader with a logical sequence of events that aids learning. More emphasis in this edition is to systemize presentation and make reading soothing and pleasurable by deleting redundant details, adding new text and figures, improvement of earlier figures, supplementing text with easy to comprehend flowcharts, without changing basic framework of the book. Each chapter ends with clinical cases and the related questions, which evokes yet another method of active learning rather than didactic methods of imparting knowledge. Key points have been highlighted and boxed at the end of each topic for quick revision of the core concepts. This book comes with a free companion website which contains self-assessment exercises, detailed case discussions related to the clinical cases given inside the book, glossary and various other features for enhanced learning.

This Revised Edition Is Thoroughly Updated With Chapter Summaries And Questions Included At The End Of Each Chapter. Topics Such As Biostatistics, Metabolism In Starvation, And Alchoholism Are Extensively Covered. New Chapters On Clinical Biochemistry, Immunology And Environmental Pollutants Have Been Added.

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This book provides a concise and structured approach to learning by the subject in an easy to comprehend and systematic format. The content for the book is presented as per the guidelines of Medical Council of India and health universities across the country. It is designed specifically to meet the needs of 1st year students pursuing BDS. It is also useful for nursing, pharmacy and other allied health students. Salient Features Each topic begins with outline of the essential facts Text is followed by more detailed exposition, with special emphasis on clear and simple figures and flowcharts Presentation of self-explanatory and easy to learn diagrams Special Features Complimentary access to enhanced e-book with digital assets: University exam-patterned MCQs Lecture videos Procedural videos Core competencies prescribed by the MCI are covered and competency codes are included in the text

The seventh edition of this book is a comprehensive guide to biochemistry for medical students. Divided into six sections, the book examines in depth topics relating to chemical basics of life, metabolism, clinical and applied biochemistry, nutrition, molecular biology and hormones. New chapters have been added to this edition and each chapter includes clinical case studies to help students understand clinical relevance. A 274-page free booklet of revision exercises (9789350906378), providing essay questions, short notes, viva voce and multiple choice questions is included to help students in their exam preparation. Free online access to additional clinical cases, key concepts and an image bank is also provided. Key points Fully updated, new edition providing students with comprehensive guide to biochemistry Includes a free booklet of revision exercises and free online access Highly illustrated with nearly 1500 figures, images, tables and illustrations Previous edition published in 2010

Biochemistry provides a platform for convergence of all scientific knowledge about the operation of life and, therefore, it finds an important place in the curriculum of all the medical sciences. The present book is an attempt in this direction in the form of a student-friendly, yet comprehensive and up-to-date text.

This masterpiece presents complete clinical biochemistry in an easily assimilable form. It will prove as a comprehensive textbook for both pathophysiology as well as an introduction to clinical biochemistry for medical students.

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This book presents the biochemistry of mammalian cells, relates events at a cellular level to the subsequent physiological processes in the whole animal, and cites examples of human diseases derived from aberrant biochemical processes.