Biochemistry Demystified

by Sharon Walker

Learn BIOCHEMISTRY without stressing out your brain CELLS Trying to understand the chemical processes of living organisms but having trouble metabolizing the complex concepts? Here's your lifeline! Biochemistry Demystified helps synthesize your understanding of this important topic. You'll start with a review of basic chemical concepts and a look at cell structures and cell division. Next, you'll study carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids, nucleotides, and enzymes. Glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, and the control of chemical processes round out the coverage. Hundreds of examples and illustrations make it easy to understand the material, and end-of-chapter questions and a final exam help reinforce learning. This fast and easy guide Simple enough for a beginner, but challenging enough for an advanced student, Biochemistry Demystified is your key to mastering this vital life sciences subject.

Genres: Science, Reference, Genetics

370 pages, Paperback

First published June 26, 2008

Reviews

[Aliya]

Really good if you're trying to understand basic concepts.

[Justin]

Less detail and less health oriented than many biochem books

[Yates Buckley]

Quite basic and frustratingly so in that any other text in the subject will offer a big upward gap. Useful for basic concepts but also somehow hard to remember.

[Swan Maiden]

Very helpful and easy to understand/read.