Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Cell,bio molecules,and water -- Thermodynamics in biochemistry -- The building blocks of proteins:amino acids,peptides,and polypeptides -- The three-dimensional structure of proteins -- Functional diversity of proteins -- Methods for characterization and purification of proteins -- Enzyme kinetics -- How enzymes work -- Regulation of enzyme activities -- Vitamins and coenzymes -- Metabolic strategies -- Glycolysis,gluconeogenesis,and the pentose phosphate pathway -- The tricarboxylic acid cycle -- Election transport and oxidative phoshorylation -- Photosynthesis -- Structures and metabolism of oligosaccharides and polysaccharides -- Structure and function of biological membranes -- Metabolism of fatty acids -- Biosynthesis of membrane lipids -- Metabolic of cholesterol -- Amino acid biosynthesis and nitrogen fixation in plants and microorganisms -- Amino acid metabolism in vertebrates -- Nucleotides -- Integration of metabolism and hormone action -- Principle of physiology and biochemistry: neurostransmission -- Principle of physiology and biochemistry:vision -- Regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes -- Regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes -- Principle of physiology and biochemistry: immunobiology -- Principle of physiology and biochemistry: carcinogenesis and oncogenes.