Description

This series of books reflects the trend towards a core curriculum and self-directed learning. The content is restricted to the 'must know' core information presented in a synoptic style. The diagrams that support the text are in a style that the reader can remember and reproduce in examinations. Each chapter ends with a selection of self-assessment material and full explanatory answers. These consolidate and expand on the chapter contents. The series covers the entire curriculum in approximately twelve discipline-based volumes. This volume presents an integrated coverage of biochemistry. Despite the use of problem- and/or topic-based curricula students still respond to the security of a well-ordered presentation of the basic information by traditional discipline.

Key Features

Concise text of the essential core material.
Accompanying self-assessment material ideal for self-directed learning.
Simple line drawings of a style that can be easily reproduced in examinations.

New to this Edition

New smaller format to fit on bookshop shelves.
New internal design to look more up to date.
Much stronger series cover design to encourage bookshops to display as a series.
Increased self-assessment.
Includes the new OSCEs style questions that are increasingly used in examinations.
More consistent use of learning objectives.
Contents refined to take account of comments on first edition.

Biochemistry and medicine. Molecules in cells and water. Proteins. Enzymes. Cell membranes. Gas transport by the blood. Carbohydrate and fat catabolism. Other pathways of carbohydrate metabolism. Protein and amino acid metabolism. Lipid synthesis and transport. Integration of metabolism. Purines and pyrimidine nucleotides. DNA structure and function. RNA structure and function. The synthesis of proteins. Molecular aspects of viruses. Biochemical functions of the liver. The biochemistry of the endocrine system. Nutrition. Biochemical functions of the blood. Biochemical genetics and inborn errors of metabolism.