Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry (LANGE Basic Science) - Softcover

Murray, Robert; Granner, Darryl; Mayes, Peter; Rodwell, Victor

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9780071389013: Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry (LANGE Basic Science)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071389016 ISBN 13: 9780071389013

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical, 2003

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Integrating discussions of biochemical diseases, updated clinical information, and case studies, this book can be used as both a text and review book. It offers insightful examples of how knowledge of biochemistry is essential for understanding the maintenance of health and the causes and treatment of disease. Each chapter begins with a section entitled “Biomedical Importance” in which the relationship between biochemical principles and health and disease is explored. It effectively links the fundamentals of biochemistry to prevalent medical conditions such as hypercholesterolemia, obesity, and diabetes mellitus

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"Originally published in 1939, this enduring reference/text continues with its mission to introduce biochemistry concepts to medical and health sciences students in concise text supported with graphs, charts, and diagrams. Updating the 2003 26th edition (which was drastically revised to make it shorter), the 27th includes substantial revisions as well as new coverage of bioinformatics and computational biology. Topics are each treated in about 10 pages and are presented under the themes of: structures and functions of proteins and enzymes; bioenergetics and the metabolism of carbohydrates and lipids; metabolism of proteins and amino acids; structure, function and replication of informational macromolecules; biochemistry of extracellular and intracellular communication; and special topics (e.g. nutrition, digestion and absorption, muscle and the cytoskeleton). The authors introduce each concept with discussion of its biomedical importance." (Sci-Tech Book News 2006-09-01)

From the Publisher:

Most up-to-date biochemistry text on the market
User-friendly approach to the fundamentals of biochemistry
Includes new chapters on amino acids and peptides, primary structure of proteins, and the Human Genome Project
Extensive illustration program

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