Introduction to general, organic, biochemistry /
Frederick A. Bettelheim [and four others].
- Twelfth edition
- Boston, MA : Cengage Learning, c2021.
- xxv, 901 pages ; 25 cm
Health-Related Topics -- Matter, Energy, and Measurement -- Atoms -- Chemical Bonds -- Chemical Reactions and Energy Calculations -- Gases, Liquids, and Solids -- Solutions and Colloids -- Reaction Rates and Chemical Equilibrium -- Acids and Bases -- Nuclear Chemistry -- Organic Chemistry -- Alkanes -- Alkenes, Alkynes, and Aromatic Compounds -- Alcohols, Ethers, and Thiols -- Chirality: The Handedness of Molecules -- Amines -- Aldehydes and Ketones -- Carboxylic Acids -- Carboxylic Anhydrides, Esters, and Amides -- Carbohydrates -- Lipids -- Proteins -- Enzymes -- Chemical Communications: Neurotransmitters and Hormones -- Nucleotides, Nucleic Acids, and Heredity -- Gene Expression and Protein Synthesis -- Bioenergetics: How the Body Converts Food to Energy -- Specific Catabolic Pathways: Carbohydrate, Lipid, and Protein Metabolism -- Biosynthetic Pathways -- Nutrition -- Immunochemistry -- Appendix I: Exponential Notation -- Appendix II: Significant Figures -- Answers -- Glossary -- Index.