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Cover; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 Cell; Chapter 2 Amino Acids and Peptides; Chapter 3 Proteins; Chapter 4 Enzymes; Chapter 5 Carbohydrates; Chapter 6 Lipids; Chapter 7 Membrane and Transport; Chapter 8 Digestion and Absorption of Food; Chapter 9 Cabohydrate Metabolism; Chapter 10 Lipid Metabolism; Chapter 11 Biological Oxidation and Respiratory Chain; Chapter 12 Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism; Chapter 13 Integration of Metabolism; Chapter 14 Nucleotides; Chapter 15 Nucleotide Metabolism; Chapter 16 Nucleic Acids; Chapter 17 Biosynthesis of Nucleic Acids; Chapter 18 Protein Biosynthesis

Chapter 19 Regulation of Gene ExpressionChapter 20 Recombinant DNA Technology; Chapter 21 Cancer and Aids; Chapter 22 Porphyrin and Haemoglobin Metabolism; Chapter 23 Vitamins; Chapter 24 Minerals; Chapter 25 Energy, Nutrients, Medicines and Toxins of Food; Chapter 26 Water, Electrolytes and Acid Base Balance; Chapter 27 Detoxification of Xenobiotics; Chapter 28 Isotopes; Chapter 29 Biochemical Communications; Chapter 30 Biochemistry of Apoptosis; Chapter 31 Biochemistry of Cell Cycle; Chapter 32 Biochemistry of Blood; Chapter 33 Organ Function Tests; Chapter 34 Biochemical Technology

GlossaryAnswers to Exercises; Index

The 2nd edition of the book is revised, updated and efforts are made to enhance usefulness of the book for various courses. New subject matter is added to each chapter. Further this freshly updated 2nd edition contains five new chapters. They are: Biochemistry of apoptosis Biochemistry of cell cycle Biochemistry of Blood Organ function tests Biochemical Technology Apart from updating each chapter, new unsolved problems are added and in references books, reviews, research articles are included. Thus, the 2nd edition of the book contains 34 chapters, 536 references, 191 essay-type question