Metabolism at a Glance - Softcover

Salway, J. G.

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0632052740 ISBN 13: 9780632052745

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1999

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Using the familiar At A Glance format, the second edition of this best–seller takes the reader through a complete review course of metabolism in health and disease. The salient features of a metabolic pathway are highlighted on a detailed background map, offering the choice to absorb as much, or as little, of the available information as required.

The text has been updated to include inborn errors of metabolism and new chapters on porphyrins, cholesterol and sports/exercise metabolism. Another major feature is the extensively revised chapters on diabetes.

Metabolism At A Glance will be an invaluable aid to students requiring a knowledge of metabolism for undergraduate medical, biochemistry, veterinary, sports science and nutrition courses, and for biomedical scientists and clinicians specializing in diabetes and inborn errors of metabolism.

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Review:

"...a highly comprehensive set of notes and pathway maps concentrated exclusively on metabolism. If you are after an easy going metabolism book for revision or as a good reference guide, this would be the ideal choice, as it is not too daunting to read and had plenty of well–organised pathway maps to keep you busy. This is especially useful for first year medics as part of their foundation study revision"

Leech y Gelen, University of Wales College of Medicine"

The book is easy to follow as the salient features of each metabolic pathway are highlighted on a detailed background map the more medical aspects will appeal especially to medical students as they correlate neatly the basic biochemical principles with the development of some metabolic diseases the book would be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and lecturers preparing to lecture in the filed of metabolism.

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education (Journal of)

Synopsis:

Metabolism is a complicated subject involving complex molecules and interrelated pathways. These pathways are usually taught separately with the result that the student develops a detailed but compartmentalised approach to metabolism and frequently fails to see the overall picture and its physiological significance. Using the At A Glance format, the book takes the student through a complete course in intermediary metabolism in an integrated manner. The same chart is repeated throughout the book with the individual pathway under study highlighted. The text has been updated with new chapters on cholesterol synthesis and the urea cycle, and the chapter on diabetes regulation has been extended. This book will be an invaluable aid to those students requiring a knowledge of metabolism for undergraduate medical, biochemistry, veterinary and nutrition courses, and for scientists and clinicians who need to refresh their knowledge quickly.

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