Functional biochemistry in health and disease /
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Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, N.J.
Wiley-Blackwell
2009.
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Table of Contents:
- The structural and biochemical hierarchy of a cell and a human
- Essential topics in dynamic biochemistry
- Energy : in the body, tissues and biochemical processes
- Enzymes : activities, properties, regulation and physiology
- Transport into the body : the gastrointestinal tract, digestion and absorption
- Transport into the cell: particles, molecules and ions
- Essential metabolism
- Carbohydrate metabolism
- Fat metabolism
- Amino acid and protein metabolism
- Oxidation of fuels and ATP generation: physiological and clinical importance
- Metabolism of ammonia and nucleic acids
- Synthesis of fatty acids, triacylglycerol, phospholipids and fatty messengers: the roles of polyunsaturated fatty acids
- Hormones : from action in the cell to function in the body
- Essential processes of life
- Physical activity : in non-athletes, athletes and patients
- Mental activity and mental illness
- Nutrition: biochemistry, physiology and pathology
- Starvation: metabolic changes, survival and death
- Defence against pathogens: barriers, enzymes and the immune system
- Survival after trauma: metabolic changes and response of the immune system
- Sexual reproduction
- Growth and death of cells and humans: the cell cycle, apoptosis and necrosis
- Serious diseases
- Cancer: genes, cachexia and death
- Atherosclerosis, hypertension and heart attack.