BookMichael W. King, PhD, Professor, Indiana University School of Medicine Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, Terra Haute, Indiana.
Contents:
Amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids
Biological building blocks: carbohydrates
Lipids of biological significance
Nucleic acids
Protein structure and function
Hemoglobin and myoglobin
Biological membranes and membrane transport
Vitamins and minerals
Enzymes and enzyme kinetics
Carbohydrates: glycolysis and glucose homeostasis
Carbohydrates: fructose metabolism and feeding behaviors
Carbohydrates: galactose metabolism
Carbohydrates: gluconeogenesis, the synthesis of new glucose
Carbohydrates: glycogen metabolism
Carbohydrates: pentose phosphate pathway
Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex and the TCA cycle
Mitochondrial functions and oxidative phosphorylation
Ethanol metabolism
Lipids: fatty acid synthesis
Lipids: triglyceride and phospholipid synthesis
Lipids: sphingolipids, ceramides, and glycosphingolipids
Lipids: the eicosanoids: prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and thromboxanes
Lipids: bioactive lipids and lipid-sensing receptors
Lipids: lipid mediators of inflammation
Lipids: lipolysis, fatty acid oxidation, and ketogenesis
Lipids: cholesterol metabolism
Lipids: bile acid metabolism
Lipids: lipoproteins
Nitrogen: nitrogen homeostasis and disposal via urea
Nitrogen: amino acid metabolism
Nitrogen: amino acid-derived biomolecules
Nitrogen: nucleotide metabolism
Nitrogen: heme metabolism
Nitrogen: metabolic integration
Chromatin: DNA structure and replication
Transcription: RNA synthesis, processing, and regulation
Translation: protein synthesis and modification
Glycoproteins
Extracellular matrix: glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans
Mechanisms of signal transduction
Molecular biology tools
Iron and copper metabolism
Digestion: anatomy, biochemistry, and physiology
Gut-brain interactions and feeding behaviors
Adipose tissue and obesity: associated metabolic disturbances
Insulin function
Diabetes mellitus
Cardiovascular disease: the metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis
Peptide hormones
Steroid and thyroid hormones
Hemostasis: blood coagulation
Cancer biology.