Basic chemistry of life / Milton Toporek.
By: Toporek, Milton
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BookPublisher: St. Louis : Mosby, 1981Description: xiv, 521 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 080165002X.Subject(s): Biochemistry| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 612.015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00036224 | |
| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store | 612.015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00036245 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Unit One Introduction: Overview -- Energy -- Unit Two Inorganic chemistry: Units of measurement -- Matter and atomic structure; radioactivity -- Formulas, valence, chemical equations, gas laws -- Oxygen, hydrogen, oxidation-reduction -- Water -- Solutions, osmosis, dialysis -- Acids, bases, salts -- Ionization, electrolytes, hydrogen ion concentration (pH) -- Unit Three Organic chemistry: General principles of organic chemistry -- Open-chain (aliphatic) organic compounds -- Cyclic (aromatic) organic compounds -- Chemistry of carbohydrates -- Chemistry of lipids -- Chemistry of proteins -- Chemistry of nucleic acids -- Unit Four Biochemistry: Enzymes -- Digestion and absorption -- Introduction to intermediary metabolism, biologic oxidation and bioenergetics -- Carbohydrate metabolism -- Lipid metabolism -- Nucleic acid metabolism -- Protein metabolism -- Blood respiration -- Urine: a product of the kidney -- Water, electrolyte, acid-base balance -- Vitamins -- Hormones -- Biochemical basis of nutrition.