viii, 386 pages : 16 cm + section 1. Chemical basis of life. Subcellular organells -- Amino acids and proteins -- Enzymes -- Carbohydrate chemistry -- Chemistry of lipids -- section 2. Carbohydrate metabolism. Glycolysis -- Gluconeogenesis -- Glycogenolysis -- Minor pathways of carbohydrates -- Insulin and diabetes mellitus -- section 3. Lipid metabolism. Metabolism of fatty acids -- Cholesterol metabolism -- PUFA and prostaglandins -- section 4. Amino acid metabolism. General metabolism of amino acids -- Glycine metabolism -- Cysteine and methionine -- Acidic, basic and branched chain amino acids -- Metabolism of aromatic amino acids -- section 5. Integration of metabolism. Citric acid cycle -- Electron transport chain -- section 6. Proteins. Plasma proteins -- Heme and hemoglobin -- section 7. Nutrition. Lipid soluble vitamins -- Water soluble vitamins -- Mineral metabolism -- Energy metabolism -- section 8. Molecular biology. Nucleotides -- DNA replication -- Transcription and translation -- Recombinant DNA technology and other molecular biology techniques