Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This comprehensive text thoroughly explains basic biochemical concepts while offering a unified presentation of life and its variation through evolution. Incorporates both classical and current research to illustrate the historical source of much of our biochemical knowledge. Contains a wealth of biochemical applications such as agricultural, pharmaceutical, medical and forensic. This edition has been updated to reflect the enormous advances in molecular and protein structure. Features increased emphasis on human disease, more end-of-chapter problems and extensive use of molecular biological techniques.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Partial table of contents
• Life
• Aqueous Solutions
• Biomolecules
• Amino Acids
• Techniques of Protein Purification
• Covalent Structures of Proteins
• Hemoglobin: Protein Function in Microcosm
• Lipids and Membranes
• Mechanisms of Enzyme Action
• Rates of Enzymatic Reactions
• Enzymatic Catalysis
• Metabolism
• Glycolysis
• Glycogen Metabolism
• Transport Through Membranes
• Citric Acid Cycle
• Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation
• Photosynthesis
• Lipid Metabolism
• Nucleotide Metabolism
• The Expression and Transmission of Genetic Information
• DNA: The Vehicle of Inheritance
• Nucleic Acid Structures and Manipulation
• Translation
• DNA Replication, Repair, and Recombination
• Eukaryotic Gene Expression
• Molecular Physiology
• Index