Medical biochemistry : questions with explanatory answers / Kasarla Rajeshwar Reddy.

Includes index.

Carbohydrates -- Lipids -- Amino acids -- Proteins -- Nucleic acids -- Enzymes -- Vitamins -- Digestion and absorption -- Plasma proteins -- Hemoglobin and porphyrins -- Heme metabolism - Porphyrias and jaundice -- Biological oxidation and oxidative phosphorylation -- Metabolism of carbohydrates -- Metabolism of lipids -- Eicosanoids -- Metabolism of Amino acids and proteins -- Metabolism of nucleotides -- Protein biosynthesis -- Molecular genetics -- Mineral metabolism -- Nutrition -- Hormones -- Liver functions tests -- Urine chemistry and renal function tests -- Water, electrolyte and acid-base balance -- Diabetes -- Metabolism of xenobiotics -- Biophysics -- Separation and purification of biological compounds -- Normal values -- RDA of vitamins minerals -- Common abbreviations.

"This book is a comprehensive, short textbook. It presents the subject in a simple and easily understandable language, written in a concise, flexible and question and answer format. The book is intended to cover topics most commonly tested. It contains everything students need to know and to succeed undergraduate, PLAB and USMLE examinations. It is compiled and edited as per the syllabus prescribed by Medical council of India and based on the question papers of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore. Though the book is mainly useful for MBBS, BDS and B.Sc (Nursing) students, it is also immensely useful for all other students of biochemistry"-- Back cover.