Salient Features
* The whole text has been written in simple and lucid language maintaining the widely accepted basic style and initial goal.
* Presents a complete, authoritative and easily understandable biochemistry text for medical, dental, pharmacy and other health science students.
* Text incorporated with coloured diagrams throughout the book and extensive index at the end.
* Text is completely revised, updated and richly illustrated including new tables, figures and MCQs as well as a new chapter on the Immune System.
* Significant changes has been made in topics like lipoproteins, structure-functions relationship of proteins, diagnostic use of enzymes, protein targeting, etc.

Table Of Contents
Section :1 Structure and Function of the Cell and Bio-molecules
1. The Cell
2. Carbohydrate Chemistry
3. Chemistry of Lipid
4. Chemistry of Proteins
5. Plasma Proteins and Immunoglobulins
6. Enzymes
7. Vitamins
8. Chemistry of Haemoglobin
9. Chemistry of Nucleic Acid

Section : 2 Energy Metabolism, Nutrition and Metabolism of Bio-molecules
10. Bioenergetics and Biological Oxidation
11. Human Nutrition
12. Carbohydrate Metabolism
13. Lipid Metabolism
14. Protein Metabolism
15. Integration of Metabolism and Metabolism in Starvation
16. Water Metabolism
17. Mineral Metabolism
18. Haemoglobin Metabolism
18. Haemoglobin Metabolism
19. Nucleic Acid Metabolism

Section : 3 Biochemistry of Cellular Communication
20. Mechanism of Hormone Action
21. Neurotransmitters
Section : 4 Molecular Biology
22. Replication, Transcription and Translation
23. Regulation of Gene Expression and Mutation
Genetic Engineering

BIOCHEMISTRY Section : 5 Clinical Biochemistry
25. Acid-base Balance
26. Organ Function Tests
27. Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), Cardiac Markers and Lipid Profile
28. Radioisotopes in Medicines

Section : 6 Health, Disease and Environment
29. Free Radicals in Health Disease and Antioxidants
30. Metabolism of Xenobiotics (Detoxification)
31. Cancer
32. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
33. Environment and Health
34. The Immune System
35. Biomedical Waste Management

Section : 7 Biochemistry of the Tissue
36. Connective Tissue
37. Muscle
Section : 8 Basic Analytical Techniques in Biochemistry
38. Chromatography, Electrophoresis, Photometry and Radioimmunoassay
Index