Harper’s Illustrated Biochemistry

Product Description

The most-up-to-date book on the market, gives readers the biochemistry background needed to succeed in medical school. Contains the latest case studies, discussions of biochemical diseases, clinical information, the fundamentals of biochemistry, and prevalent medical conditions. Concise and comprehensive, it is the perfect textbook for the USMLE review.
Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #406284 in Books
* Published on: 2003-03-18
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Paperback
* 693 pages

Editorial Reviews

Review
"Originally published in 1939, this enduring reference/text continues with its mission to introduce biochemistry concepts to medical and health sciences students in concise text supported with graphs, charts, and diagrams. Updating the 2003 26th edition (which was drastically revised to make it shorter), the 27th includes substantial revisions as well as new coverage of bioinformatics and computational biology. Topics are each treated in about 10 pages and are presented under the themes of: structures and functions of proteins and enzymes; bioenergetics and the metabolism of carbohydrates and lipids; metabolism of proteins and amino acids; structure, function and replication of informational macromolecules; biochemistry of extracellular and intracellular communication; and special topics (e.g. nutrition, digestion and absorption, muscle and the cytoskeleton). The authors introduce each concept with discussion of its biomedical importance." (Sci-Tech Book News )

From the Back Cover
Currently the most up-to-date book on the market, Harper's Biochemistry, 25/e, gives you the biochemistry background you need to succeed in medical school. It contains the latest case studies, discussions of biochemical diseases, and clinical information. Concise but comprehensive, it is the perfect textbook for USMLE review. Features: covers the fundamentals of biochemistry in a relevant, interesting manner; contains information on prevalent medical conditions, including hypercholisterolemia, obesity, osteoporosis, and diabetes mellitus; covers new developments in metabolism and genetics, including the Human Genome Project and the genetic basis of hemochromatosis; presents hundreds of colorful images to help students visualize new information.

About the Author
Robert K. Murray, MD, PhD (University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Daryl K. Granner, MD (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee) Peter A. Mayes, PhD, DSc (University of London, London, England) Victor W. Rodwell, PhD (Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana)
Customer Reviews

Biochemistry for Dummies2
I am a medical school professor and am familiar with the different biochemistry textbooks. Harper's is a simplified text book that does not have the detail of depth of information one finds in the gold-standard texts of Lehninger or Stryer. There is a reason why these texts and not Harper's are much more commonly found in the undergraduate, graduate and medical school classrooms. Harper's is ok for the educated layperson or for the non-biologist who wants an overview of biochemistry.

Complicated3
I'm a second year med student and this is the most difficult book I have to read. No so much because of the difficulty of the subject but cause it's written in so complicated way. Also to fully understand the contents I think one must have somewhat biochemical background. Which alot of people don't have. I find myself reading more from wikipeadia then from the book!

great for review5
While this book may not give quite the same level of detail found in some of the more massive and expensive intro to biochem texts, it is nevertheless a valuable reference. The fundamentals are all here, in an admirably clear and concise form. That makes going back to review much easier than with the fat books. In that way, this book fills an important gap in the field of available texts. If however one comes across a particularly difficult concept, the concise explanations may leave them wanting or needing more. In fairness though, I think a lot of the fatter books have the same drawback despite their longwindedness. Afterall, biochemistry can be pretty tough no matter what book you're looking at. If you are using the book as part of a class, then theoretically that is why there is an instructor, lectures and tutorial sessions. Admittedly, and to the student's detriment, the system doesn't always work out that way. I've found the book to be excellent for review because of its brevity and clarity. This book also gets high marks for attempting to point out the clinical relevance of the material, something that cannot be said for the majority of the big textbooks.