TY - BOOK AU - Bettelheim, Frederick TI - Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry SN - 9780495391210 AV - QD 31.3 .B48 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Boston, Massachusetts PB - Brooks/Cole Publishing Company KW - CHEMISTRY -- TEXTBOOKS N1 - Includes index; 1. Matter, Energy and Measurement -- 2. Atoms -- 3. Nuclear Chemistry -- 4. Chemical Bonds -- 5. Chemical Reactions -- 6. Gases, Liquids, and Solids -- 7. Solutions and Colloids -- 8. Reaction Rates and Chemical Equilibrium -- 9. Acids and Bases -- 10. Organic Chemistry -- 11. Alkanes -- 12. Alkenes and Alkynes -- 13. Benzene and its Derivatives -- 14. Alcohols, Ethers, and Thiols -- 15. Chirality and the Handedness of Molecules -- 16. Amines -- 17. Aldehydes and Ketones -- 18. Carboxylic Acids -- 19. Carboxylic Esters, Amides and Anhydrides -- 20. Carbohydrates -- 21. Lipids -- 22. Proteins -- 23. Enzymes -- 24. Chemical Communications: Neurotransmitters and Hormones -- 25. Nucleotides, Nucleic Acids and Heredity -- 26. Gene Expression and Protein Synthesis -- 27. Bioenergetics: How the Body Converts Food to Energy -- 28. Specific Catabolic Pathways: Carbohydrate, Lipid, and Protein Metabolism -- 29. Biosynthetic Pathways -- 30. Nutrition -- 31. Immunochemistry -- 32. Blood Chemistry and Body Fluids (available on the web for custom publishing) -- Appendix I. Exponential Notation -- Appendix II. Significant Figures N2 - This text teaches the chemistry of the human body, and is intended for students entering the health sciences and related fields. In its entirety it can be used for a one year course in chemistry ER -