Biochemistry for the Medical SciencesThis outstanding text, written in a clear, concise and easy-to-read style, provides students with an in-depth explanation of how each metabolic pathway is directly related to physiology, pharmacology, and clinical medicine. Emphasis is given to those medical problems encountered most frequently in daily clinical practice. Basic metabolism is presented as a coherent part of physiology and reference is made to the matabaolic aberrations seen in clinical situations. |
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Kinetic factors and the metabolic role of | 3 |
Thermodynamics in metabolism | 10 |
Kinetics and metabolism | 46 |
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2-oxoglutarate acetyl-CoA adipose tissue alanine amino acids ammonia anaerobic binding blood glucose concentration brain carbohydrate CH₂OH CH₂OPO changes Chapter cholesterol clinical complex compounds converted cyclic AMP cytosol decrease deficiency degradation diabetes diet disease effect electron transfer energy enzyme equilibrium excretion fatty acids fibres Figure flux flux-generating step formation fructose fuel gluconeogenesis glucose 6-phosphate glutamate glutamine glycerol glycogen synthase glycolysis H₂O hepatic hormone hydrolysis hypoglycaemia important increases the rate inhibition inhibitor insulin intermediate intestine intracellular involved ions ketone bodies kidney known lactate lipase lipid lipoprotein liver mechanism metabolic pathway mitochondria molecules muscle NADH NADPH near-equilibrium neurotransmitter Newsholme non-equilibrium normal nucleotides occur oxaloacetate oxidation oxoacids oxygen patients peptide phosphatase phosphate phosphorylation physiological plasma produced prostaglandins protons pyruvate dehydrogenase ratio reaction catalysed receptor reduced regulation release role secretion Section specific starvation steroid structure substrate cycle Table TCA cycle transport triacylglycerol uptake urea vitamin