Textbook of Biochemistry for Medical Students

SECTION A:: Chemical Basic of Life

• Biochemical Perspective to Medicine
• Subcellular Organelles and Cell Membranes
• Amino Acids:: Structure and Properties
• Proteins:: Structure and Function
• Enzymology:: General Concepts and Enzyme Kinetics
• Chemistry of Carbohydrates
• Chemistry of Lipids

SECTION B:: General Metabolism

• Overview of Metabolism
• 9 Major Metabolic Pathways of Glucose
• Other Metabolic Pathways of Glucose
• Metabolic Pathways of Other Carbohydrates
• Metabolism of Fatty Acids
• Cholesterol and Lipoproteins
• MCFA, PUFA, Prostaglandins and Compound Lipids
• General Amino Acid Metabolism (Urea Cycle, One Carbon Metabolism)
• Simple, Hydroxy and Sulfur-containing Amino Acids (Glycine, Serine, Methionine, Cysteine)
• Acidic, Basic and Branched Chain Amino Acids, (Glutamic acid, Aspartic acid, Glutamine, Asparagine, Lysine, Arginine, Nitric Oxide, Valine, Leucine, Isoleucine)
• Aromatic Amino Acids (Phenylalanine, Tyrosine, Tryptophan, Histidine, Proline) and Amino Acidurias
• Citric Acid Cycle
• Biological Oxidation and Electron Transport Chain
• Heme Synthesis and Breakdown
• Hemoglobin (Structure, Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Transport, Abnormal Hemoglobins)

SECTION C:: Clinical and Applied Biochemistry  

• Clinical Enzymology and Biomarkers
• Regulation of Blood Glucose; Insulin and Diabetes Mellitus
• Hyperlipidemias and Cardiovascular Diseases
• Liver and Gastric Function Tests
• Kidney Function Tests
• Plasma Proteins
• Acid-base Balance and pH
• Electrolyte and Water Balance
• Body Fluids (Milk, CSF, Amniotic Fluid, Ascitic Fluid)
• Metabolic Diseases
• Free Radicals and Antioxidants
• Clinical Laboratory; Quality Control
• General Techniques for Separation, Purification and Quantitation

SECTION D:: Nutrition

• Fat Soluble Vitamins (A, D, E, K)
• Water Soluble Vitamins - 1 (Thiamine, Riboflavin, Niacin, Pyridoxine, Pantothenic acid, Biotin)
• Water Soluble Vitamins - 2 (Folic acid, Vitamin B12 and Ascorbic acid)
• Mineral Metabolism and Abnormalities
• Energy Metabolism and Nutrition
• Detoxification and Biotransformation of Xenobiotics
• Environmental Pollution and Heavy Metal Poisons

SECTION E:: Molecular Biology

• Nucleotides:: Chemistry and Metabolism
• Deoxyribonucleic Acid:: Structure and Replication
• Transcription
• Genetic Code and Translation
• Control of Gene Expression
• Recombinant DNA Technology and Gene Therapy
• Molecular Diagnostics and Genetic Techniques

SECTION F:: Hormones

• Mechanisms of Action of Hormones and Signaling Molecules
• Hypothalamic and Pituitary Hormones
• Steroid Hormones
• Thyroid Hormones
• Gut Hormones
• Immunochemistry
• Biochemistry of AIDS and HIV
• Biochemistry of Cancer
• Tissue Proteins in Health and Disease
• Applications of Isotopes in Medicine
• Signal Molecules and Growth Factors