Textbook of Biochemistry
With Clinical Correlations, Fourth Edition

 

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UPDATED 1

Eukaryotic Cell Structure
Thomas M. Devlin
1.1 Overview: Cells and Cellular Compartments
1.2 Cellular Environment: Water and Solutes
1.3 Organization and Composition of Eukaryotic Cells
1.4 Functional Role of Subcellular Organelles and Membranes
Clinical Correlations  
1.1 Blood Bicarbonate Concentration in Metabolic Acidosis
NEW 1.2 Mitochondrial Diseases
1.3 Lysosomal Enzymes and Gout
NEW 1.4 Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency
1.5 Zellweger Syndrome and the Absence of Functional Peroxisomes
   
UPDATED 2 Proteins I: Composition and Structure
Richard M. Schultz and Michael N. Liebman
2.1 Functional Roles of Proteins in Humans
2.2 Amino Acid Composition of Proteins
2.3 Charge and Chemical Properties of Amino Acids and Proteins
2.4 Primary Structure of Proteins
2.5 Higher Levels of Protein Organization
2.6 Other Types of Proteins
2.7 Folding of Proteins from Randomized to Unique Structures: Protein Stability
2.8 Dynamic Aspects of Protein Structure
2.9 Methods for Characterization, Purification, and Study of Protein Structure and Organization
Clinical Correlations  
2.1 Plasma Proteins in Diagnosis of Disease
2.2 Differences in Primary Structure of Insulins Used in Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus
2.3 A Nonconservative Mutation Occurs in Sickle Cell Anemia
2.4 Symptoms of Diseases of Abnormal Collagen Synthesis
2.5 Hyperlipidemias
2.6 Hypolipoproteinemias
NEW 2.7 Glycosylated Hemoglobin, HbA1c
2.8 Use of Amino Acid Analysis in Diagnosis of Disease
   
3 Proteins II: Structure Function Relationships in Protein Families
Richard M. Schultz and Michael N. Liebman
3.1 Overview
3.2 Antibody Molecules: The Immunoglobulin Superfamily
3.3 Proteins with a Common Catalytic Mechanism: Serine Proteases
3.4 DNA-Binding Proteins
3.5 Hemoglobin and Myoglobin
Clinical Correlations
3.1 The Complement Proteins
3.2 Functions of Different Antibody Classes
3.3 Immunization
3.4 Fibrin Formation in a Myocardial Infarct and the Action of Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator (rt PA)
3.5 Involvement of Serine Proteases in Tumor Cell Metastasis
   
4 Enzymes: Classification, Kinetics, and Control
J. Lyndal York
4.1 General Concepts
4.2 Classification of Enzymes
4.3 Kinetics
4.4 Coenzymes: Structure and Function
4.5 Inhibition of Enzymes
4.6 Allosteric Control of Enzyme Activity
4.7 Enzyme Specificity: The Active Site
4.8 Mechanism of Catalysis
4.9 Clinical Applications of Enzymes
4.10 Regulation of Enzyme Activity
Clinical Correlations  
4.1 A Case of Gout Demonstrates Two Phases in the Mechanism of Enzyme Action
4.2 The Physiological Effect of Changes in Enzyme Km Value
4.3 Mutation of a Coenzyme Binding Site Results in Clinical Disease
4.4 A Case of Gout Demonstrates the Difference Between an Allosteric and the Substrate-Binding Site
4.5 Thermal Lability of Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase Results in Hemolytic Anemia
4.6 Alcohol Dehydrogenase Isoenzymes with Different pH Optima
4.7 Identification and Treatment of an Enzyme Deficiency
4.8 Ambiguity in the Assay of Mutated Enzymes
   
UPDATED 5 Biological Membranes: Structure and Membrane Transport
Thomas M. Devlin
5.1 Overview
5.2 Chemical Composition of Membranes
5.3 Micelles and Liposomes
5.4 Structure of Biological Membranes
5.5 Movement of Molecules Through Membranes
5.6 Channels and Pores
5.7 Passive Mediated Transport Systems
5.8 Active Mediated Transport Systems
5.9 Ionophores
Clinical Correlations  
5.1 Liposomes as Carriers of Drugs and Enzymes
5.2 Abnormalities of Cell Membrane Fluidity in Disease States
NEW 5.3 Cystic Fibrosis and the Cl- Channel
5.4 Diseases Due to Loss of Membrane Transport Systems
   
UPDATED 6 Bioenergetics and Oxidative Metabolism
Merle S. Olson
6.1 Energy Producing and Energy Utilizing Systems
6.2 Thermodynamic Relationships and Energy Rich Components
6.3 Sources and Fates of Acetyl Coenzyme A
6.4 The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle
6.5 Structure and Compartmentation of the Mitochondrial Membranes
6.6 Electron Transfer
6.7 Oxidative Phosphorylation
Clinical Correlations  
6.1 Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
NEW 6.2 Fumarase Deficiency
6.3 Mitochondrial Myopathies
NEW 6.4 Subacute Necrotizing Encephalopathy
6.5 Cyanide Poisoning
6.6 Hypoxic Injury
   
7 Carbohydrate Metabolism I: Major Metabolic Pathways and Their Control
Robert A. Harris
7.1 Overview
7.2 Glycolysis
7.3 The Glycolytic Pathway
7.4 Regulation of the Glycolytic Pathway
7.5 Gluconeogenesis
7.6 Glycogenolysis and Glycogenesis
Clinical Correlations  
7.1 Alcohol and Barbiturates
7.2 Arsenic Poisoning
7.3 Fructose Intolerance
7.4 Diabetes Mellitus
7.5 Lactic Acidosis
7.6 Pickled Pigs and Malignant Hyperthermia
7.7 Angina Pectoris and Myocardial Infarction
7.8 Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency and Hemolytic Anemia
7.9 Hypoglycemia and Premature Infants
7.10 Hypoglycemia and Alcohol Intoxication
7.11 Glycogen Storage Diseases
   
8 Carbohydrate Metabolism II: Special Pathways
Nancy B. Schwartz
8.1 Overview
8.2 Pentose Phosphate Pathway
8.3 Sugar Interconversions and Nucleotide Sugar Formation
8.4 Biosynthesis of Complex Carbohydrates
8.5 Glycoproteins
8.6 Proteoglycans
Clinical Correlations  
8.1 Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase: Genetic Deficiency or Presence of Genetic Variants in Erythrocytes
8.2 Essential Fructosuria and Fructose Intolerance: Deficiency of Fructokinase and Fructose 1 Phosphate Aldolase
8.3 Galactosemia: Inability to Transform Galactose into Glucose
8.4 Pentosuria: Deficiency of Xylitol Dehydrogenase
8.5 Glucuronic Acid: Physiological Significance of Glucuronide Formation
8.6 Blood Group Substances
8.7 Aspartylglycosylaminuria: Absence of 4 L Aspartylglycosamine Amidohydrolase
8.8 Heparin Is an Anticoagulant
8.9 Mucopolysaccharidoses
   
UPDATED 9 Lipid Metabolism I: Utilization and Storage of Energy in Lipid Form
J. Denis McGarry
9.1 Overview
9.2 Chemical Nature of Fatty Acids and Acylglycerols
9.3 Sources of Fatty Acids
9.4 Storage of Fatty Acids as Triacylglycerols
9.5 Methods of Interorgan Transport of Fatty Acids and Their Primary Products
9.6 Utilization of Fatty Acids for Energy Production
Clinical Correlations  
9.1 Obesity
NEW 9.2 Leptin and Obesity
9.3 Genetic Abnormalities in Lipid Energy Transport
9.4 Genetic Deficiencies in Carnitine or Carnitine Palmitoyl Transferase
9.5 Genetic Deficiencies in the Acyl CoA Dehydrogenases
9.6 Refsum's Disease
9.7 Diabetic Ketoacidosis
   
10 Lipid Metabolism II: Pathways of Metabolism of Special Lipids
Robert H. Glew
10.1 Overview
10.2 Phospholipids
10.3 Cholesterol
10.4 Sphingolipids
10.5 Prostaglandins and Thromboxanes
10.6 Lipoxygenase and Oxyeicosatetraenoic Acids
Clinical Correlations  
10.1 Respiratory Distress Syndrome
10.2 Treatment of Hypercholesterolemia
10.3 Atherosclerosis
10.4 Diagnosis of Gaucher's Disease in an Adult
   
NEW 11 Amino Acid Metabolism
Marguerite W. Coomes
NEW 11.1 Overview
NEW 11.2 Incorporation of Nitrogen into Amino Acids
NEW 11.3 Transport of Nitrogen to Liver and Kidney
NEW 11.4 Urea Cycle
NEW 11.5 Synthesis and Degradation of Individual Amino Acids
Clinical Correlations  
NEW 11.1 Carbamoylphosphate Synthetase and N-Acetylglutamate Synthetase Deficiencies
NEW 11.2 Deficiencies of Urea Cycle Enzymes
NEW 11.3 Nonketotic Hyperglycinemia
NEW 11.4 Folic Acid Deficiency
NEW 11.5 Phenylketonuria
NEW 11.6 Disorders of Tyrosine Metabolism
NEW 11.7 Parkinson's Disease
NEW 11.8 Hyperhomocysteinemia and Atherogenesis
NEW 11.9 Other Diseases of Sulfur Amino Acids
NEW 11.10 Diseases of Metabolism of Branched Chain Amino Acids
NEW 11.11 Diseases of Propionate and Methylmalonate Metabolism
NEW 11.12 Diseases Involving Lysine and Ornithine
NEW 11.13 Histidinemia
NEW 11.14 Diseases of Folate Metabolism
   
12 Purine and Pyrimidine Nucleotide Metabolism
Joseph G. Cory
12.1 Overview
12.2 Metabolic Functions of Nucleotides
12.3 Chemistry of Nucleotides
12.4 Metabolism of Purine Nucleotides
12.5 Metabolism of Pyrimidine Nucleotides
12.6 Deoxyribonucleotide Formation
12.7 Nucleoside and Nucleotide Kinases
12.8 Nucleotide Metabolizing Enzymes as a Function of the Cell Cycle and Rate of Cell Division
12.9 Nucleotide Coenzyme Synthesis
12.10 Synthesis and Utilization of 5-Phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate
12.11 Compounds that Interfere with Cellular Purine and Pyrimidine Nucleotide Metabolism: Chemotherapeutic Agents
Clinical Correlations  
12.1 Gout
12.2 Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
12.3 Immunodeficiency Diseases Associated with Defects in Purine Nucleoside Degradation
12.4 Hereditary Orotic Aciduria
   
UPDATED13 Metabolic Interrelationships
Robert A. Harris and David W. Crabb
13.1 Overview
13.2 Starve-Feed Cycle
13.3 Mechanisms Involved in Switching the Metabolism of Liver Between the Well-Fed State and the Starved State
13.4 Metabolic Interrelationships of Tissues in Various Nutritional and Hormonal States
Clinical Correlations  
13.1 Obesity
13.2 Protein Malnutrition
13.3 Starvation
13.4 Reye's Syndrome
13.5 Hyperglycemic, Hyperosmolar Coma
13.6 Hyperglycemia and Protein Glycosylation
13.7 Noninsulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
13.8 Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
13.9 Complications of Diabetes and the Polyol Pathway
13.10 Cancer Cachexia
   
NEW 14 DNA I: Structure and Conformation
Stelios Aktipis
NEW 14.1 Overview
NEW 14.2 Structure of DNA
NEW 14.3 Types of DNA Structure
NEW 14.4 DNA Structure and Function
Clinical Correlations  
NEW 14.1 DNA Vaccines
NEW 14.2 Diagnostic Use of Probes in Medicine
NEW 14.3 Topoisomerases in Treatment of Cancer
NEW 14.4 Hereditary Persistence of Fetal Hemoglobin
NEW 14.5 Therapeutic Potential of Triplex DNA Formation
NEW 14.6 Expansion of DNA Triple Repeats and Human Disease
NEW 14.7 Mutations of Mitochondrial DNA: Aging and Degenerative Diseases
   
NEW 15 DNA II: Repair, Synthesis, and Recombination
Stelios Aktipis
NEW 15.1 Overview
NEW 15.2 Formation of the Phosphodiester Bond in Vivo
NEW 15.3 Mutation and Repair of DNA
NEW 15.4 DNA Replication
NEW 15.5 DNA Recombination
NEW 15.6 Sequencing of Nucleotides in DNA
Clinical Correlations  
NEW 15.1 Mutations and the Etiology of Cancer
NEW 15.2 Defects in Nucleotide Excision Repair and Hereditary Diseases
NEW 15.3 DNA Ligase Activity and Bloom Syndrome
NEW 15.4 DNA Repair and Chemotherapy
NEW 15.5 Mismatch DNA Repair and Cancer
NEW 15.6 Telomerase Activity in Cancer and Aging
NEW 15.7 Inhibitors of Reverse Transcriptase in Treatment of AIDS
NEW 15.8 Immunoglobulin Genes Are Assembled by Recombination
NEW 15.9 Transposons and Development of Antibiotic Resistance
NEW 15.10 DNA Amplification and Development of Drug Resistance
NEW 15.11 Nucleotide Sequence of the Human Genome
   
16 RNA: Structure, Transcription, and Processing
Francis J. Schmidt
16.1 Overview
16.2 Structure of RNA
16.3 Types of RNA
16.4 Mechanisms of Transcription
16.5 Posttranscriptional Processing
16.6 Nucleases and RNA Turnover
Clinical Correlations  
16.1 Staphylococcal Resistance to Erythromycin
16.2 Antibiotics and Toxins that Target RNA Polymerase
NEW 16.3 Fragile X Syndrome: A Chromatin Disease?
16.4 Involvement of Transcriptional Factors in Carcinogenesis
16.5 Thalassemia Due to Defects in Messenger RNA Synthesis
16.6 Autoimmunity in Connective Tissue Disease
   
UPDATED 17 Protein Synthesis: Translation and Posttranslational Modifications
Dohn Glitz
17.1 Overview
17.2 Components of the Translational Apparatus
17.3 Protein Biosynthesis
17.4 Protein Maturation: Modification, Secretion, and Targeting
17.5 Organelle Targeting and Biogenesis
17.6 Further Posttranslational Protein Modifications
NEW 17.7 Regulation of Translation
17.8 Protein Degradation and Turnover
Clinical Correlations  
17.1 Missense Mutation: Hemoglobin
17.2 Disorders of Terminator Codons
17.3 Thalassemia
NEW 17.4 Mutation in Mitochondrial Ribosomal RNA Results in Antibiotic-Induced Deafness
17.5 I Cell Disease
17.6 Familial Hyperproinsulinemia
NEW 17.7 Absence of Posttranslational Modification: Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency
17.8 Defects in Collagen Synthesis
NEW 17.9 Deletion of a Codon, Incorrect Posttranslational Modification, and Premature Protein Degradation: Cystic Fibrosis
   
UPDATED 18 Recombinant DNA and Biotechnology
Gerald Soslau
18.1 Overview
18.2 The Polymerase Chain Reaction
18.3 Restriction Endonuclease and Restriction Maps
18.4 DNA Sequencing
18.5 Recombinant DNA and Cloning
18.6 Selection of Specific Cloned DNA in Libraries
18.7 Techniques for Detection and Identification of Nucleic Acids
18.8 Complementary DNA and Complementary DNA Libraries
18.9 Bacteriophage, Cosmid, and Yeast Cloning Vectors
18.10 Techniques to Further Analyze Long Stretches of DNA
18.11 Expression Vectors and Fusion Proteins
18.12 Expression Vectors in Eukaryotic Cells
18.13 Site Directed Mutagenesis
18.14 Applications of Recombinant DNA Technologies
18.15 Concluding Remarks
Clinical Correlations  
18.1 Polymerase Chain Reaction and Screening for Human Immunodeficiency Virus
18.2 Restriction Mapping and Evolution
NEW 18.3 Direct Sequencing of DNA for Diagnosis of Genetic Disorders
NEW 18.4 Multiplex PCR Analysis of HGPRTase Gene Defects in Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
18.5 Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms Determine the Clonal Origin of Tumors
18.6 Site-Directed Mutagenesis of HSV IgD
NEW 18.7 Normal Genes Can be Introduced into Cells with Defective Genes in Gene Therapy
18.8 Transgenic Animal Models
   
UPDATED 19 Regulation of Gene Expression
John E. Donelson
19.1 Overview
19.2 Unit of Transcription in Bacteria: The Operon
19.3 Lactose Operon of E. coli
19.4 Tryptophan Operon of E. coli
19.5 Other Bacterial Operons
19.6 Bacterial Transposons
19.7 Inversion of Genes in Salmonella
19.8 Organization of Genes in Mammalian DNA
19.9 Repetitive DNA Sequences in Eukaryotes
19.10 Genes for Globin Proteins
19.11 Genes for Human Growth Hormone-like Proteins
19.12 Mitochondrial Genes
19.13 Bacterial Expression of Foreign Genes
19.14 Introduction of Rat Growth Hormone Gene into Mice
Clinical Correlations  
19.1 Transmissible Multiple Drug Resistances
NEW 19.2 Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy and the Dystrophin Gene
19.3 Prenatal Diagnosis of Sickle Cell Anemia
19.4 Prenatal Diagnosis of Thalassemia
19.5 Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON)
NEW 19.6 Huntington Disease and Unstable Trinucleotide Expansions
   
NEW 20 Biochemistry of Hormones I: Polypeptide Hormones
Gerald Litwack and Thomas J. Schmidt
20.1 Overview
20.2 Hormones and the Hormonal Cascade System
20.3 Major Polypeptide Hormones and Their Actions
20.4 Genes and Formation of Polypeptide Hormones
20.5 Synthesis of Amino Acid-Derived Hormones
20.6 Inactivation and Degradation of Hormones
20.7 Cell Regulation and Hormone Secretion
20.8 Cyclic Hormonal Cascade Systems
20.9 Hormone-Receptor Interactions
20.10 Structure of Receptors: b-Adrenergic Receptor
20.11 Internalization of Receptors
20.12 Intracellular Action: Protein Kinases
20.13 Oncogenes and Receptor Functions
Clinical Correlations  
20.1 Testing Activity of the Anterior Pituitary
20.2 Hypopituitarism
20.3 Lithium Treatment of Manic Depressive Illness: The Phosphatidylinositol Cycle
   
NEW 21 Biochemistry of Hormones II: Steroid Hormones
Gerald Litwack and Thomas J. Schmidt
21.1 Overview
21.2 Structures of Steroid Hormones
21.3 Biosynthesis of Steroid Hormones
21.4 Metabolic Inactivation of Steroid Hormones
21.5 Cell-Cell Communication and Control of Synthesis and Release of Steroid Hormones
21.6 Transport of Steroid Hormones in Blood
21.7 Steroid Hormone Receptors
21.8 Receptor Activation: Upregulation and Downregulation
21.9 A Specific Example of Steroid Hormone Action at Cell Level: Programmed Death
Clinical Correlations  
21.1 Oral Contraception
NEW 21.2 Apparent Mineralocorticoid Excess Syndrome
21.3 Programmed Cell Death in the Ovarian Cycle
   
UPDATED 22 Molecular Cell Biology
Thomas E. Smith
22.1 Overview
22.2 Nervous Tissue: Metabolism and Function
22.3 The Eye: Metabolism and Vision
22.4 Muscle Contraction
22.5 Mechanism of Blood Coagulation
Clinical Correlations  
NEW 22.1 Lambert Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
NEW 22.2 Myasthenia Gravis: A Neuromuscular Disorder
NEW 22.3 Macula Degeneration Other Causes of Loss of Vision
NEW 22.4 Niemann Pick Disease and Retinitis Pigmentosa
NEW 22.5 Retinitis Pigmentosa Resulting from a de Novo Mutation in the Gene Codingfor Peripherin
NEW 22.6 Chromosomal Location of Genes for Vision
NEW 22.7 Troponin Subunits as Markers for Myocardial Infarction
NEW 22.8 Voltage Gated Ion Channelopathies
NEW 22.9 Intrinsic Pathway Defects Prekallikrein Deficiency
NEW 22.10 Classic Hemophilia
NEW 22.11 Thrombosis and Defects of the Protein C Pathway
   
UPDATED 23 Biotransformations: The Cytochromes P450
Richard T. Okita and Bettie Sue Siler Masters
23.1 Overview
23.2 Cytochrome P450: Nomenclature and Overall Reaction
23.3 Cytochrome P450: Multiple Forms
23.4 Inhibitors of Cytochrome P450
23.5 Cytochrome P450 Electron Transport Systems
23.6 Physiological Functions of Cytochromes P450
NEW 23.7 Other Hemoprotein and Flavoprotein-Mediated Oxygenations: The Nitric Oxide Synthases
Clinical Correlations  
23.1 Consequences of Induction of Drug Metabolizing Enzymes
NEW 23.2 Genetic Polymorphisms of Drug-Metabolizing Enzymes
23.3 Deficiency of Cytochrome P450 21 Hydroxylase
23.4 Steroid Hormone Production During Pregnancy
NEW 23.5 Clinical Aspects of Nitric Oxide Production
   
UPDATED 24 Iron and Heme Metabolism
William M. Awad, Jr
24.1 Iron Metabolism: Overview
24.2 Iron-Containing Proteins
24.3 Intestinal Absorption of Iron
24.4 Molecular Regulation of Iron Utilization
24.5 Iron Distribution and Kinetics
24.6 Heme Biosynthesis
24.7 Heme Catabolism
Clinical Correlations  
NEW 24.1 Iron Overload and Infection
NEW 24.2 Duodenal Iron Absorption
NEW 24.3 Mutant Iron-Responsive Element
NEW 24.4 Ceruloplasmin Deficiency
24.5 Iron-Deficiency Anemia
24.6 Hemochromatosis and Iron-Fortified Diet
24.7 Acute Intermittent Porphyria
24.8 Neonatal Isoimmune Hemolysis
NEW 24.9 Bilirubin UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase Deficiency
NEW 24.10 Elevation of Serum Conjugated Bilirubin
   
UPDATED 25 Gas Transport and pH Regulation
James Baggott
25.1 Introduction to Gas Transport
25.2 Need for a Carrier of Oxygen in the Blood
25.3 Hemoglobin and Allosterism: Effect of 2,3 Bisphosphoglycerate
25.4 Other Hemoglobins
25.5 Physical Factors that Affect Oxygen Binding
25.6 Carbon Dioxide Transport
25.7 Interrelationships Among Hemoglobin, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, Hydrogen Ion, and 2,3 Bisphosphoglycerate
25.8 Introduction to pH Regulation
25.9 Buffer Systems of Plasma, Interstitial Fluid, and Cells
25.10 The Carbon Dioxide-Bicarbonate Buffer System
25.11 Acid-Base Balance and Its Maintenance
25.12 Compensatory Mechanisms
25.13 Alternative Measures of Acid-Base Imbalance
25.14 The Significance of Na+ and Cl- in Acid-Base Imbalance
Clinical Correlations  
NEW 25.1 Diaspirin Hemoglobin
25.2 Cyanosis
25.3 Chemically Modified Hemoglobins: Methemoglobin and Sulfhemoglobin
25.4 Hemoglobins with Abnormal Oxygen Affinity
25.5 The Case of the Variable Constant
25.6 The Role of Bone in Acid-Base Homeostasis
25.7 Acute Respiratory Alkalosis
25.8 Chronic Respiratory Acidosis
25.9 Salicylate Poisoning
25.10 Evaluation of Clinical Acid-Base Data
25.11 Metabolic Alkalosis
   
UPDATED 26 Digestion and Absorption of Basic Nutritional Constituents
Ulrich Hopfer
26.1 Overview
26.2 Digestion: General Considerations
26.3 Epithelial Transport
26.4 Digestion and Absorption of Proteins
26.5 Digestion and Absorption of Carbohydrates
26.6 Digestion and Absorption of Lipids
26.7 Bile Acid Metabolism
Clinical Correlations  
NEW 26.1 Cystic Fibrosis
NEW 26.2 Bacterial Toxigenic Diarrheas and Electrolyte Replacement Therapy
26.3 Neutral Amino Aciduria (Hartnup Disease)
26.4 Disaccharidase Deficiency
26.5 Cholesterol Stones
26.6 A-b-Lipoproteinemia
   
27 Principles of Nutrition I: Macronutrients
Stephen G. Chaney
27.1 Overview
27.2 Energy Metabolism
27.3 Protein Metabolism
27.4 Protein-Energy Malnutrition
27.5 Excess Protein-Energy Intake
27.6 Carbohydrates
27.7 Fats
27.8 Fiber
27.9 Composition of Macronutrients in the Diet
Clinical Correlations  
27.1 Vegetarian Diets and Protein-Energy Requirements
27.2 Low-Protein Diets and Renal Disease
27.3 Providing Adequate Protein and Calories for the Hospitalized Patient
27.4 Carbohydrate Loading and Athletic Endurance
27.5 High-Carbohydrate versus High-Fat Diets for Diabetics
27.6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Risk Factors for Heart Disease
27.7 Metabolic Adaptation: The Relationship between Carbohydrate Intake and Serum Triacylglycerols
   
UPDATED 28 Principles of Nutrition II: Micronutrients
Stephen G. Chaney
NEW 28.1 Overview
28.2 Assessment of Malnutrition
28.3 Recommended Dietary Allowances
28.4 Fat-Soluble Vitamins
28.5 Water-Soluble Vitamins
28.6 Energy-Releasing Water-Soluble Vitamins
28.7 Hematopoietic Water-Soluble Vitamins
28.8 Other Water-Soluble Vitamins
28.9 Macrominerals
28.10 Trace Minerals
28.11 The American Diet: Fact and Fallacy
28.12 Assessment of Nutritional Status in Clinical Practice
Clinical Correlations  
28.1 Nutritional Considerations for Cystic Fibrosis
28.2 Renal Osteodystrophy
28.3 Nutritional Considerations in the Newborn
28.4 Anticonvulsant Drugs and Vitamin Requirements
28.5 Nutritional Considerations in the Alcoholic
28.6 Vitamin B6 Requirements for Users of Oral Contraceptives
28.7 Diet and Osteoporosis
28.8 Nutritional Considerations for Vegetarians
28.9 Nutritional Needs of Elderly Persons
   
Appendix: Review of Organic Chemistry
Carol N. Angstadt

 

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