Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry (32nd Edition)

Concise but packed with medically relevant examples, Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry combines top-quality full-color illustrations with authoritative integrated coverage of biochemical disease. This authoritative clinical guide includes more than 600 illustrations, with each chapter featuring a section on biomedical importance summarizing the given topic.

Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry deliver the information students need to build their understanding of toxic naturally occurring amino acids; extraterrestrial biomolecules; computer-aided drug design; the role of complement cascade in bacterial and viral infection; secreted mediators of cell-cell signaling between leukocytes; the role of mast cells, basophils, and eosinophils; the hazard of antioxidants that down-regulate radical signaling for apoptosis and increase risk of cancer, and much more.

• Market: Medical students
• 600 photos and illustrations
• NEW chapter on the importance and pervasiveness of transition metals
• Case studies emphasize the clinical relevance of biochemistry
• Review questions follow each of the eleven sections
• “Objectives” boxes define the goals of each chapter
• Tables encapsulate key information