Clinical Biochemistry for Health Science Students (2 Revised edition)

An effective health sciences curriculum stimulates the student to progressively assemble a professional knowledge base.

Biochemistry, especially when emphasizing the clinical application of the science, provides a solid foundation for future professional course work, including the subjects of pathophysiology, pharmacology, toxicology, clinical medicine, and therapeutics. Clinical Biochemistry for Health Science Students provides a basic introduction to biochemistry for the health science practitioner.

Beginning with the basics of solution chemistry and organic functional groups, the book paints a picture of the overall interplay between the metabolism of carbohydrate, lipid, and protein fuels found in the diet, and how these fuels are stored then used by the body under different conditions.

Particular emphasis is placed on how these processes are altered in diabetic patients, or in patients who are attempting to lose weight using new fad diets.