Title:
Medical biochemistry : human metabolism in health and disease / Miriam D. Rosenthal, Robert H. Glew.
Main Entry:
Rosenthal, Miriam D.
Glew, Robert H.
Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons,
Publication Date:
c2009.
Publication Place:
Hoboken, NJ :
ISBN:
9780470122372 (paper)
0470122374 (paper)
Subject:
Metabolism.
Metabolism -- Disorders.
Metabolism.
Metabolic Diseases.
Contents:
Introduction to metabolism -- Enzymes -- Digestion and absorption -- Glycolysis -- Pyruvate dehydrogenase and the tricarboxylic acid cycle -- Electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation -- The pentose phosphate pathway -- Glycogen -- Gluconeogenesis -- Fatty acid oxidation and ketones -- Fatty acid synthesis -- Triacylglycerol transport and metabolism -- Ethanol -- Phospholipids and sphingolipids -- Eicosanoids -- Glycolipids and glycoproteins -- Cholesterol synthesis and transport -- Steroids and bile acids -- Nitrogen homeostasis -- Amino acids -- Sulfur amino acid metabolism -- Folate and vitamin B12 in one-carbon metabolism -- Purines and pyrimidines -- Heme and iron -- Integration of metabolism.
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