Thoroughly updated for its Fourth Edition, Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry enables students to quickly review, assimilate, and integrate large amounts of complex information by utilizing powerful visual resources that deliver the focus and clarification needed for mastery of difficult biochemical concepts. Its signature outline format, full-color illustrations, and end-of-chapter summaries and USMLE-style review questions make it one of the most user-friendly books in the field. New features include boxed, high-yield facts throughout each chapter and expanded coverage of molecular biology.

A companion Website features fully searchable online text and additional USMLE-style questions for students and an Image Bank for faculty.

Unit I: PROTEIN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
Chapter 1: Amino Acids
Chapter 2: Structure of Proteins
Chapter 3: Globular Proteins
Chapter 4: Fibrous Proteins
Chapter 5: Enzymes

Unit II: INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM
Chapter 6: Bioenergetics and Oxidative Phosphorylation
Chapter 7: Introduction to Carbohydrates
Chapter 8: Glycolysis
Chapter 9: Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle
Chapter 10: Gluconeogenesis
Chapter 11: Glycogen Metabolism
Chapter 12: Metabolism of Monosaccharides and Disaccharides
Chapter 13: Pentose Phosphate Pathway and NADPH
Chapter 14: Glycosaminoglycans and Glycoproteins

Unit III: LIPID METABOLISM
Chapter 15: Metabolism of Dietary Lipids
Chapter 16: Fatty Acid and Triacylglycerol Metabolism
Chapter 17: Complex Lipid Metabolism
Chapter 18: Cholesterol and Steroid Metabolism

Unit IV: NITROGEN METABOLISM
Chapter 19: Amino Acids: Disposal of Nitrogen
Chapter 20: Amino Acid Degradation and Synthesis
Chapter 21: Conversion of Amino Acids to Specialized Products
Chapter 22: Nucleotide Metabolism

Unit V: INTEGRATION OF METABOLISM
Chapter 23: Metabolic Effects of Insulin and Glucagon
Chapter 24: The Feed/Fast Cycle
Chapter 25: Diabetes Mellitus
Chapter 26: Obesity
Chapter 27: Nutrition
Chapter 28: Vitamins

Unit VI: STORAGE AND EXPRESSION OF GENETIC INFORMATION
Chapter 29: DNA Structure and Replication
Chapter 30: RNA Structure and Synthesis
Chapter 31: Protein Synthesis
Chapter 32: Regulation of Gene Expression
Chapter 33: Biotechnology and Human Disease

Index