Chemistry and the living organism

Author(s)

• Bloomfield, Molly M.

Bibliographic Information

Chemistry and the living organism

Molly M. Bloomfield

Wiley, c1992

5th ed

• : cloth

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This introduction to inorganic, organic and biochemistry places a special emphasis on applications from the health sciences. The text attempts to motivate the study of chemistry by demonstrating how each of the chemical concepts is important to the student's own life.

Table of Contents

• Energy
• Atomic Structure
• Chemical Equations and the Mole
• The Three States of Matter
• Radioactivity and the Living Organism
• Reaction Rates and Chemical Equilibrium
• Water, Solutions and Colloids
• Acids and Bases
• Carbon and Hydrogen
• Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen and Nitrogen
• Carbohydrates
• Lipids
• Proteins
• Enzymes, Vitamins and Hormones
• Pathways of Metabolism
• Nucleic Acids.

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Details

• NCID: BA18920181
• ISBN:
  • 0471512923
• LCCN: 91021489
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xxiv, 749, 9 p.
• Size: 27 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QD33
  • DC20 : 540
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Chemistry
  • LCSH : Biochemistry