Full-color illustrations make chemical structures and biochemical pathways easy to visualize.Patient vignettes connect biochemistry to human health and disease.Clinical Notes explain patient signs or symptoms, and Method Notes relate biochemistry to the laboratory tests ordered during diagnosis.Clinical Comments link biochemical dynamics to treatment options and patient outcomes.Biochemical Comments explore directions for new research.Key Concepts and Summary Disease tables highlight the take-home messages in each chapter.Questions and answers at the end of each chapter - 470 total inside the book, with 560 more online - probe students' mastery of key concepts.Additional handy resources available online make it easy to review all diseases and all methods covered throughout the book and to find references for further information and studyĬonnect biochemistry to clinical practice!Marks' Basic Medical Biochemistry links biochemistry to physiology and pathophysiology, allowing students to apply fundamental concepts to the practice of medicine - from diagnosing patients to recommending effective treatments. Intuitively organized chapters center on hypothetical patient vignettes, highlighting the material's clinical applications helpful icons allow for smooth navigation, making complex concepts easier to grasp. Discusses the organic synthesis and reactions of amino acids, carbohydrates, nucleic acids and other biomolecules.Connect biochemistry to clinical practice!Marks' Basic Medical Biochemistry links biochemistry to physiology and pathophysiology, allowing students to apply fundamental concepts to the practice of medicine - from diagnosing patients to recommending effective treatments.Discusses enzymes, proteins, fatty acids, lipids, vitamins, hormones, nucleic acids and other biomolecules by comparing and contrasting them with the organic chemistry reactions that constitute the foundation of these classes of biomolecules.Presents and explains the fundamental principles of biochemistry using principles and common reactions of organic chemistry.Presents a review chapter of fundamental organic chemistry principles and reactions.The goal is to better understand the fundamental principles of biochemistry. Using several techniques to develop a relational understanding, including homework, this text helps students fully grasp and better correlate the essential organic chemistry concepts with those concepts at the root of biochemistry. This paradigm is extended to biochemical principles and to myriad biomolecules.īiochemistry: An Organic Chemistry Approach provides a framework for understanding various topics of biochemistry, including the chemical behavior of biomolecules, enzyme activity, and more. Reactions in biochemistry can be explained by an understanding of fundamental organic chemistry principles and reactions. “Introduces the key concepts of organic chemistry in a succinct and clear way”. Professor Philip Page, Emeritus Professor, School of Chemistry University of East Anglia, UK This well planned text builds upon a successful existing work and adds content relevant to biomolecules and biological activity”. “There is a continuing demand for up to date organic & bio-organic chemistry undergraduate textbooks.