Essential Biochemistry

by Charlotte W. Pratt, Kathleen Cornely

Essential Biochemistry, 5th 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. This revised edition 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.

Genres: Textbooks, Nonfiction

816 pages, Loose Leaf

First published November 1, 2003

Reviews

[Rahul]

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).

[Daniel Khoo]

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.

[Justin]

Not as health-centric as some other biochem books