Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry

Thoroughly updated for its Fifth Edition, Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry enables students to quickly review and assimilate large amounts of complex information through powerful visual resources essential to mastery of difficult biochemical concepts. Its signature outline format, full-color illustrations, end-of-chapter summaries, and USMLE-style review questions make it one of the most user-friendly books in the field. New features include expanded coverage of molecular biology.

A companion website offers fully searchable online text and additional USMLE-style questions for students and an image bank for faculty.

Unit I: PROTEIN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Chapter 1: Amino Acids
Chapter 2: Structure of Proteins
Chapter 3: Globular Proteins
Chapter 4: Fibrous Proteins
Chapter 5: Enzymes

Unit II : INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM

Chapter 6 : Bioenergetics and Oxidative Phosphorylation
Chapter 7: Introduction to Carbohydrates
Chapter 8: Glycolysis
Chapter 9: Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle
Chapter 10: Gluconeogenesis
Chapter 11: Glycogen Metabolism
Chapter 12: Metabolism of Monosaccharides and Disaccharides
Chapter 13: Pentose Phosphate Pathway and NADPH
Chapter 14: Glycosaminoglycans and Glycoproteins

Unit III: LIPID METABOLISM

Chapter 15: Metabolism of Dietary Lipids
Chapter 16: Fatty Acid and Triacylglycerol Metabolism
Chapter 17: Complex Lipid Metabolism
Chapter 18: Cholesterol and Steroid Metabolism

Unit IV: NITROGEN METABOLISM

Chapter 19: Amino Acids: Disposal of Nitrogen
Chapter 20: Amino Acid Degradation and Synthesis
Chapter 21: Conversion of Amino Acids to Specialized Products
Chapter 22: Nucleotide Metabolism

Unit V: INTEGRATION OF METABOLISM

Chapter 23: Metabolic Effects of Insulin and Glucagon
Chapter 24: The Feed/Fast Cycle
Chapter 25: Diabetes Mellitus
Chapter 26: Obesity
Chapter 27: Nutrition
Chapter 28 : Vitamins

Unit VI : STORAGE AND EXPRESSION OF GENETIC INFORMATION

Chapter 29: DNA Structure, Replication, and Repair
Chapter 30: RNA Structure, Synthesis, and Processing
Chapter 31: Protein Synthesis
Chapter 32: Regulation of Gene Expression
Chapter 33: Biotechnology and Human Disease

Index