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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.

Marks' Basic Medical Biochemistry

• Cover


• Title Page


• Copyright


• Preface to the Fifth Edition


• How to Use This Book


• Acknowledgments


• Section I: Fuel Metabolism


• 1 Metabolic Fuels and Dietary Components


• 2 The Fed or Absorptive State


• 3 Fasting


• Section II: Chemical and Biologic Foundations of Biochemistry


• 4 Water, Acids, Bases, and Buffers


• 5 Structures of the Major Compounds of the Body


• 6 Amino Acids in Proteins


• 7 Structure?Function Relationships in Proteins


• 8 Enzymes as Catalysts


• 9 Regulation of Enzymes


• 10 Relationship between Cell Biology and Biochemistry


• 11 Cell Signaling by Chemical Messengers


• Section III: Gene Expression and the Synthesis of Proteins


• 12 Structure of the Nucleic Acids


• 13 Synthesis of DNA


• 14 Transcription: Synthesis of RNA


• 15 Translation: Synthesis of Proteins


• 16 Regulation of Gene Expression


• 17 Use of Recombinant DNA Techniques in Medicine


• 18 The Molecular Biology of Cancer


• Section IV: Carbohydrate Metabolism, Fuel Oxidation, and the Generation of Adenosine Triphosphate


• 19 Basic Concepts in the Regulation of Fuel Metabolism by Insulin, Glucagon, and Other Hormones


• 20 Cellular Bioenergetics: Adenosine Triphosphate and O2


• 21 Digestion, Absorption, and Transport of Carbohydrates


• 22 Generation of Adenosine Triphosphate from Glucose, Fructose, and Galactose: Glycolysis


• 23 Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle


• 24 Oxidative Phosphorylation and Mitochondrial Function


• 25 Oxygen Toxicity and Free-Radical Injury


• 26 Formation and Degradation of Glycogen


• 27 Pentose Phosphate Pathway and the Synthesis of Glycosides, Lactose, Glycoproteins, and Glycolipids


• 28 Gluconeogenesis and Maintenance of Blood Glucose Levels


• Section V: Lipid Metabolism