1. Skip to main content
promo archive folder-add folder-move folder more star youtube facebook instagram google-plus link linkedin twitter account US Flag career-center grad shopping-bag shopping-cart calendar-empty feedback-shrug feedback-excited feedback-happy feedback-meh feedback-sad finger-point-up thumbs-down thumbs-up computer activity alert-circle alert-page-not-found alert-qsen alert-tornado alert-triangle alert-unsupported-browser alerts arrow-right assessment blueprint calendar folder-plus checkmark chevron-down chevron-left chevron-right chevron-up clock close collapse discussion download drag-handle ebook-reading edit ellipsis enlarge exam expand eye-not-visible eye-visible gear globe help-hollow help-solid home information-hollow information-solid click here for more information lab-skills lesson lightbulb lock menu minus new-window note pause-hollow pause-solid performance play-hollow play-solid plus ppt redo reduce search computer-with-hand hand-with-check speaker spinner badge study syllabus timer trash undo unlock upload
cover image - Netter's Essential Biochemistry Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card)
ISBN: 9780323389372
Copyright: 2018
Page Count: 560
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $46.99
Marketing Image

Netter's Essential Biochemistry Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card)

by Peter Ronner, PhD

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource - Access Card

cover image - Netter's Essential Biochemistry Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card)
ISBN: 9780323389372
Copyright: 2018
Page Count: 560
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $46.99
Was $46.99
Now $44.64
Free Shipping!
Please note
This item has low stock levels and may be back-ordered. We'll let you know if it is back-ordered, and you will not be charged until the item ships.

Concise writing, a focus on clinical applications, and superb illustrations make Netter’s Essential Biochemistry, by Peter Ronner, PhD, the perfect choice for a basic understanding of biochemistry.. A single expert voice, informed by the insights of a team of reviewers, provides continuity throughout the text, presenting essentials of biochemical principles step by step. Summary diagrams help you grasp key concepts quickly, and end-of-chapter questions reinforce key concepts.


Duration for access to this product, which may be at the discretion of your institution, is up to 84 months. Elsevier reserves the right to restrict or remove access due to changes in product portfolio or other market conditions.

  • Key Features

    • Provides a highly visual, reader-friendly approach to the challenging area of biochemistry.

    • Integrates the clinical perspective throughout the text, giving context and meaning to biochemistry.

    • Frames every chapter with helpful synopses and summaries, and ends each chapter with review questions that reinforce major themes.

    • Illustrates key concepts with beautifully clear drawings and diagrams of biochemical processes which are supplemented with art from the renowned Netter collection, bridging basic sciences with clinical practice.

  • Contents

    1. The Human Karyotype and the Structure of DNA

    2. DNA Repair and Therapy of Cancer

    3. DNA Replication

    4. Clinical Tests Based on DNA or RNA

    5. Basic Genetics for Biochemistry

    6. Transcription and RNA processing

    7. Protein Synthesis and Posttranslational Protein Processing

    8. Cell Cycle and Cancer

    9. The Structure of Proteins and Protein Aggregates in Degenerative Diseases

    10. Enzymes and Consequences of Enzyme Deficiencies

    11. Biological Membranes

    12. Collagen, Collagenopathies, and Diseases of Mineralization

    13. Pathologic Alterations of the Extracellular Matrix that Involve Fibrillin, Elastin, or Proteoglycans

    14. Heme Metabolism, Porphyrias, and Hyperbilirubinemia

    15. Iron Metabolism: Iron-Deficiency Anemia and Iron Overload

    16. Erythropoiesis, Hemoglobin Function, and the CBC

    17. Hemoglobinopathies

    18. Carbohydrate Transport, Carbohydrate Malabsorption, and Lactose Intolerance

    19. Glycolysis and its Regulation by Hormones and Hypoxia

    20. Fructose and Galactose Metabolism: Hereditary Fructose Intolerance and Galactosemia

    21. Pentose Phosphate Pathway, Oxidative Stress, and Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency

    22. Citric Acid Cycle and Thiamine Deficiency

    23. Oxidative Phosphorylation and Mitochondrial Diseases

    24. Glycogen Metabolism and Glycogen Storage Diseases

    25. Gluconeogenesis and Fasting Hypoglycemia

    26. Insulin and Counterregulatory Hormones

    27. Fatty acids, Ketone Bodies, and Ketoacidosis

    28. Triglycerides and Hypertriglyceridemia

    29. Cholesterol Metabolism and Hypercholesterolemia

    30. Metabolism of Ethanol and the Consequences of Alcohol Dependence Syndrome

    31. Steroid Hormones and Vitamin D

    32. Eicosanoids

    33. Signaling

    34. Digestion of Dietary Protein and Net Synthesis of Protein in the Body

    35. Protein degradation, Amino Acid Metabolism, and Nitrogen Balance

    36. One-Carbon Metabolism, Folate Deficiency, and Cobalamin Deficiency

    37. Pyrimidine Nucleotides and Chemotherapy

    38. Gout and Other Diseases Related to the Metabolism of Purine Nucleotides

    39. Diabetes

  • Authors

    Peter Ronner, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Related Products

Marketing Image
Was $46.99
Now $44.64
Free Shipping!
Please note
This item has low stock levels and may be back-ordered. We'll let you know if it is back-ordered, and you will not be charged until the item ships.
Marketing Image