Pete McGuinness | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

The biochemistry fundamentals every medical student needs to master—presented clearly and succinctly, with numerous case studiesConcise but packed with medically relevant examples, Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry combines top-quality full-color illustrations with authoritative integrated coverage of biochemical disease. This authoritative clinical guide includes more than 600 illustrations, with each chapter featuring a section on biomedical importance summarizing the given topic.

This authoritative guide presents information in a way that helps you retain everything you read, including case studies emphasizing the clinical relevance of biochemistry, review questions following each of the eleven sections, “Objectives” boxes defining the goals of each chapter, and tables encapsulating key information you must know. In addition, the authors have updated this edition with a new chapter on the importance and pervasiveness of transition metals.

Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry, Thirty-Second Edition delivers critical coverage of:



Toxic naturally occurring amino acids
Extraterrestrial biomolecules
Computer-aided drug design
cells, basophils, and eosinophils
The role of complement cascade in bacterial and viral infection
Secreted mediators of cell-cell signaling between leukocytes
The hazard of antioxidants that down-regulate radical signaling for apoptosis and increase risk of cancer
And much more