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Pain-Free Biochemistry. An Essential Guide for the Health Sciences
Description:
If you are an undergraduate nursing or healthcare student about to embark on a short course in
biochemistry and feel daunted by the prospect because you ve done very little chemistry in the past, found
it difficult or studied it so long ago you ve forgotten it all, then this is the book for you. Equally, if clinical
practice has brought you back to biochemistry just when you were hoping you could forget it all, this could
be your lifeline!
Having taught biochemistry to all sorts of students, from nurses to chemical engineers, for more than 30
years, Professor Paul Engel knows how to take the pain out of your studies. For those who are a bit
wobbly on molecules, bonds, ions, etc. Pain–Free Biochemistry also has just enough supporting chemistry
slipped in where appropriate to help things make sense. Accessible, enjoyable to read and packed with a
wealth of clinical examples from heart disease to cancer and blood clotting to antibiotics, this handy
textbook will reveal how biochemistry is fundamental to clinical practice and everyday life. Drugs, diet,
disease, DNA it all comes down to biochemistry.
- Easy to digest. Bite–sized topics lead you through essential biochemistry without going into intimidating
detail.
- Doesn t assume you ve studied chemistry before. Focuses on key concepts and provides all the basic
chemistry you might need.
- Colour coded. Specially designed so you can see, at a glance, which topics focus on underpinning
chemistry, which on basic biochemistry and which on clinical applications.
- Clinically relevant. Topical examples throughout the text show how getting to grips with biochemistry will
help you succeed in healthcare practice.
- Reinforces your learning. Includes numerous self–test questions with answers throughout.
- Companion website includes: A Complete set of figures within the book; extended MCQs with answers and
further explanation where relevant. Please visit the book s companion website at <a href="company
website
Contents:
Preface.
SECTION 1 Foundations.
Topic 1 Why biochemistry?
Topic 2 Remarkableness of life.
Chemistry I The basic structure of substances: atoms, molecules, elements and compounds.
Chemistry II Atomic structure, valency and bonding.
Chemistry III Protons, acids, bases, concentration and the pH scale.
Topic 3 Shape, molecular recognition and proteins: an example.
Topic 4 Proteins: molecular necklaces.
Topic 5 Chemical transformations in the living organism: metabolism.
Topic 6 Reactions, catalysts and enzymes.
Topic 7 Specificity, saturation and active sites.
Topic 8 Structure of metabolism: anabolism and catabolism.
Chemistry IV Equilibrium.
Topic 9 Catabolism: degradation vs energy metabolism.
Chemistry V Oxidation and reduction.
Topic 10 Oxidation and reduction in metabolism.
SECTION 2 Catabolism.
Chemistry VI Aldehydes, ketones and sugars.
Topic 11 Carbohydrates: sugars and polysaccharides in metabolism.
Topic 12 Glucose inside the body.
Topic 13 Breakdown of sugar: glycolysis.
Topic 14 Aerobic oxidation of pyruvate: Krebs cycle.
Topic 15 Respiratory chain, oxidative phosphorylation and overall ATP yields.
Topic 16 Mobilising the carbohydrate store: glycogenolysis.
Chemistry VII Alcohols, esters, glycerol, fatty acids and triglycerides.
Chemistry VIII Hydrophobic, hydrophilic and amphiphilic.
Topic 17 Phospholipids and membranes.
Chemistry IX Saturated and unsaturated.
Topic 18 Fats as an energy source.
Topic 19 Fats: digestion, transport, storage and mobilisation.
Topic 20 Fats: oxidation of fatty acids.
Topic 21 Ketone bodies in health and disease.
Topic 22 Dietary fat: essential fatty acids.
Topic 23 Protein and amino acid breakdown.
Topic 24 Shedding excess amino groups: urea cycle.
SECTION 3 Anabolism and Control.
Topic 25 Is anabolism just catabolism backwards?
Topic 26 Making new glucose: gluconeogenesis.
Topic 27 Fatty acid biosynthesis.
Topic 28 Providing reducing power: NADPH and the pentose phosphate pathway.
Chemistry X Isotopes.
Topic 29 Red cells and white cells: defence against reactive oxygen and reactive oxygen as defence!
Topic 30 The need for metabolic control.
Topic 31 Relationship of fats and carbohydrates: use by different tissues.
SECTION 4 Genes and Protein Synthesis.
Topic 32 The idea of genes.
Topic 33 The chemistry of genes: DNA and the double helix.
Topic 34 The genetic code and mRNA.
Topic 35 Protein synthesis, ribosomes and tRNA.
Topic 36 Genetic differences and disease.
Topic 37 Genetic variability: drug metabolism and disease susceptibility.
Topic 38 Mutation, radiation and ageing.
Topic 39 Switching genes on and off: development, tissue specificity, adaptation and tolerance.
Topic 40 DNA and protein synthesis as targets: chemotherapy, antibiotics, etc.
SECTION 5 Physiological Systems and Clinical Issues.
Topic 41 Hormones and second messengers.
Topic 42 Switching enzymes on and off: coarse and fine control.
Topic 43 Insulin, glucagon and adrenaline.
Topic 44 Diabetes.
Topic 45 Steroid hormones and receptors: fertility control, pregnancy testing, etc.
Topic 46 Pituitary hormones and feedback loops.
Topic 47 Thyroid hormones.
Topic 48 Adrenal cortex.
Topic 49 Prostaglandins and inflammation: aspirin.
Topic 50 Membrane transport.
Topic 51 Nerve and muscle.
Topic 52 pH homeostasis.
Topic 53 Diagnostic markers: biochemical tests.
Topic 54 Blood, bleeding and clotting.
SECTION 6 Appendices.
Appendix 1 pH and neutrality.
Appendix 2 Crystallography.
Appendix 3 Protein forces, secondary structure and folding.
Appendix 4 Equilibrium constant.
Appendix 5 Phosphorus, phosphoric acid and phosphate esters.
Appendix 6 Coenzymes, cofactors and prosthetic groups.
Appendix 7 Coenzyme A.
Appendix 8 Krebs cycle and evidence for a catalytic reaction sequence.
Appendix 9 Knoop s experiment pointing to –oxidation of fatty acids.
Appendix 10 Isoenzymes.
Appendix 11 Genetic code.
Appendix 12 Different kinds of mutation.
Appendix 13 Restriction enzymes.
Appendix 14 Enzyme inhibition.
Appendix 15 Electrophoresis to separate proteins.
Appendix 16 Chromatography and mass spectrometry to separate and identify metabolites.
Glossary.
MCQ answers.
Index.
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