Metabolism at a Glance [Paperback]

J. G. Salway (Author), D. K. Granner (Foreword)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0632052740 | ISBN-13: 978-0632052745 | Publication Date: August 15, 1999 | Edition: 2

Using the familiar At A Glance format, the second edition of this best-seller takes the reader through a complete review course of metabolism in health and disease. The salient features of a metabolic pathway are highlighted on a detailed background map, offering the choice to absorb as much, or as little, of the available information as required.

The text has been updated to include inborn errors of metabolism and new chapters on porphyrins, cholesterol and sports/exercise metabolism. Another major feature is the extensively revised chapters on diabetes.

Metabolism At A Glance will be an invaluable aid to students requiring a knowledge of metabolism for undergraduate medical, biochemistry, veterinary, sports science and nutrition courses, and for biomedical scientists and clinicians specializing in diabetes and inborn errors of metabolism.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...a highly comprehensive set of notes and pathway maps concentrated exclusively on metabolism. If you are after an easy going metabolism book for revision or as a good reference guide, this would be the ideal choice, as it is not too daunting to read and had plenty of well-organised pathway maps to keep you busy. This is especially useful for first year medics as part of their foundation study revision"

Leech y Gelen, University of Wales College of Medicine"

‘The book is easy to follow as the salient features of each metabolic pathway are highlighted on a detailed background map…the more medical aspects will appeal especially to medical students as they correlate neatly the basic biochemical principles with the development of some metabolic diseases…the book would be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and lecturers preparing to lecture in the filed of metabolism.’

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education (Journal of)

From the Back Cover

Using the familiar At A Glance format, the second edition of this best-seller takes the reader through a complete review course of metabolism in health and disease. The salient features of a metabolic pathway are highlighted on a detailed background map, offering the choice to absorb as much, or as little, of the available information as required.

The text has been updated to include inborn errors of metabolism and new chapters on porphyrins, cholesterol and sports/exercise metabolism. Another major feature is the extensively revised chapters on diabetes.

Metabolism At A Glance will be an invaluable aid to students requiring a knowledge of metabolism for undergraduate medical, biochemistry, veterinary, sports science and nutrition courses, and for biomedical scientists and clinicians specializing in diabetes and inborn errors of metabolism.

Product Details

• Paperback: 111 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 2 edition (August 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0632052740
• ISBN-13: 978-0632052745
• Product Dimensions: 13.4 x 11.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #989,358 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Concise, and Thorough!, February 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Metabolism at a Glance (Paperback)

This large format book reveiws basic metabolism in an easy to understand manner. Specific segments of the metabolic pathway are summarized within two pages. Each face-page gives an overview of the entire metabolic pathway, with an outline of the specific topic discussed within that section. Far easier to comprehend than the metabolic pathways as described in those well known Biochemistry tomes, where the entire metabolic pathway is spread over 100 or so pages!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great book for biochemistry students, November 26, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Metabolism at a Glance (Paperback)

This oversized paperback gives a wonderful overview of thesynthesis/metabolism of sugars, proteins andfatty acides. On the right hand page there is a picture of the complete metabolic pathway with the current topics pathways highlighted so that you can see how they fit in to the "big picture". On the opposite page a clear and concise summary is given, highlighting key points. I highly recommend this book to any student who is taking a Biochemistry class.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Metabolic pathways??? - Brilliant!, June 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Metabolism at a Glance (Paperback)

As a biochemistry student I found this book to be the perfect partner to Albert Lehninger's "Principles of Biochemistry". An excellent overall picture of how each pathway interacts with other metabolic components.