Essential Biochemistry, 3rd Edition is comprised of biology, pre-med and allied health topics and presents a broad, but not overwhelming, base of biochemical coverage that focuses on the chemistry behind the biology. Furthermore, it relates the chemical concepts that scaffold the biology of biochemistry, providing practical knowledge as well as many problem-solving opportunities to hone skills. Key Concepts and Concept Review features help students to identify and review important takeaways in each section.
Slightly dense in some places, but enzyme mechanism diagrams help a lot with visualization. Explanations are detailed and there are enough problems at the end of each chapter to keep an undergraduate busy for a while.
Overall, this book should be sufficient for an introductory survey course in Biochemistry (this is the context within which I used it as a student).
It is a useful book when you're studying both Biology and Chemistry. It is helpful with some of the parts which were more detailed and also it has a mixture of both of the subjects. Truth be told, I love reading all of the Science subjects and Chemistry was my favourite.