4th ed. McGraw Hill Higher Education. 2003. 911 p.
The fourth edition of General, Organic, and Biochemistry is designed to help undergraduate health-related majors and students of all other majors understand key concepts and appreciate the significant connections between chemistry, health, disease, and the treatment of disease. This text strikes a balance between theoretical and practical chemistry, while emphasizing material that is unique to health-related studies.
Contents
Chemistry: Methods and Measurement
The Composition and Structure of the Atom
Elements, Atoms, Ions, and the Periodic Table
Structure and Properties of Ionic and Covalent Compounds
Calculation and the Chemical Equation
States of Matter: Gases, Liquids and Solids
Reactions and Solutions
Chemical and Physical Change: Energy, Rate and Equilibrium
Charge-Transfer Reactions: Acids and Bases and Oxidation-Reduction
The Nucleus, Radioactivity and Nuclear Medicine
Introduction to Organic Vhemistry: The Saturated Hydrocarbons
The Unsaturated Hydrocarbons: Alkenes, Alkynes and Aromatics
Alcohols, Phenols, Thiols and Ethers
Aldehydes and Ketones
Carboxylic Acids and Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
Amines and Amides
Carbohydrates
Lipids and Their Functions in Biochemical Systems
Protein Structure and Function
Enzymes
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Aerobic Respiration and Energy Production
Fatty Acid Metabolism
Introduction to Molecular Genetics
The fourth edition of General, Organic, and Biochemistry is designed to help undergraduate health-related majors and students of all other majors understand key concepts and appreciate the significant connections between chemistry, health, disease, and the treatment of disease. This text strikes a balance between theoretical and practical chemistry, while emphasizing material that is unique to health-related studies.
Contents
Chemistry: Methods and Measurement
The Composition and Structure of the Atom
Elements, Atoms, Ions, and the Periodic Table
Structure and Properties of Ionic and Covalent Compounds
Calculation and the Chemical Equation
States of Matter: Gases, Liquids and Solids
Reactions and Solutions
Chemical and Physical Change: Energy, Rate and Equilibrium
Charge-Transfer Reactions: Acids and Bases and Oxidation-Reduction
The Nucleus, Radioactivity and Nuclear Medicine
Introduction to Organic Vhemistry: The Saturated Hydrocarbons
The Unsaturated Hydrocarbons: Alkenes, Alkynes and Aromatics
Alcohols, Phenols, Thiols and Ethers
Aldehydes and Ketones
Carboxylic Acids and Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
Amines and Amides
Carbohydrates
Lipids and Their Functions in Biochemical Systems
Protein Structure and Function
Enzymes
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Aerobic Respiration and Energy Production
Fatty Acid Metabolism
Introduction to Molecular Genetics