Illustrated Medical Biochemistry

Unit - I: General Biochemistry - 1. Cell Structure and Function; 2. Chemistry Review; 3. Introduction to Biological Macromolecules; 4. Chemistry of Amino Acids and Proteins; 5. Chemistry of Carbohydrates; 6. Chemistry of Lipids; 7. Glycosaminoglycans and Proteoglycans; 8. Collagen; 9. Hemoglobin is an Allosteric Protein; 10. Heme Metabolism; 11. Mineral Metabolism; 12. Calcium and Phosphate Metabolism; 13. Water and Electrolytes Metabolism; 14. Acid-Base Regulation; 15. Vitamins and Coenzymes; 16. Oxidative Phosphorylation; 17. Free Radical Formation; 18. Enzymes: Basic Concepts and Kinetics; 19. Hormones and Receptors; 20. Nutritional Needs; 21. Biochemistry of Nerve Impulse Transmission; 22. Contractile Proteins (Muscle) the Sarcomere; 23. Blood Coagulation; 24. Signal Transduction Cascades; Unit - II: Metabolism and Biochemical Genetics - 25. Amino Acid Metabolism; 26. Nitrogen Metabolism; 27. Specialized Products of Amino Acids; 28. Intestinal Uptake and Transport of Lipids; 29. Fatty Acid Metabolism; 30. Metabolism of Complex Lipids; 31. Cholesterol and Bile Acid Metabolism; 32. The PDH Complex and TCA Cycle; 33. Regulation of Blood Glucose and Diabetes; 34. Glycogen Metabolism; 35. Glucose Metabolism; 36. Fructose Metabolism; 37. Chemistry of Nucleotides; 38. Nucleotide Metabolism; 39. Nucleic Acid Structure and Function; 40. DNA Synthesis (Replication); 41. RNA Synthesis (Transcription); 42. Protein Biosynthesis (Translation); 43. Protein Modifications and Targeting; 44. Control of Gene Expression; 45. Proto-oncogenes and Cancer; 46. Molecular Tools in Medicine