Introduction to chemistry for biology students / George I. Sackheim.
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San Francisco :
Pearson/Benjamin Cummings,
[2005]
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Inorganic Chemistry
- Chapter 1. Atomic Structure
- Elementary Particles
- Atomic Number
- Mass Number
- Isotopes
- Electron Energy Levels
- Chapter 2. Chemical Symbols
- Chapter 3. Atoms and Molecules
- Chapter 4. Ionization
- Ions
- Ionic Bonds
- Acids, Bases, and Salts
- Electrolytes and Nonelectrolytes
- Anions and Cations
- pH
- Buffers
- Chapter 5. Liquid Mixtures
- Solutions
- Suspensions
- Colloids (Colloidal Dispersions)
- Chapter 6. Diffusion
- Diffusion
- Osmosis
- Osmotic Pressure
- Active Transport
- Chapter 7. Nerve Cells
- Depolarization and Repolarization
- Propagation of a Nerve Impulse
- Part II. Organic Chemistry
- Chapter 8. The Covalent Bond
- Chapter 9. Polar and Nonpolar Covalent Bonds
- Chapter 10. Hydrogen Bonds
- Chapter 11. Functional Groups in Organic Compounds
- Alcohols
- Aldehydes
- Ketones
- Organic Acids
- Amines
- Esters
- Amides
- Sulfhydryls
- Disulfides
- Phosphates
- Summary of Functional Groups
- Part III. Biochemistry
- Chapter 12. Carbohydrates
- Properties of Carbohydrates
- Chapter 13. Lipids
- Fats
- Phospholipids
- Steroids
- Chapter 14. Proteins
- Formation and Hydrolysis
- Structure
- Denaturation
- Chapter 15. Nucleotides
- Adenosine Triphosphate
- Nucleic Acids: DNA and RNA
- Replication of DNA
- Transcription of Information (Protein Synthesis)
- The Genetic Code
- Mutations
- Chapter 16. Enzymes
- Names of Enzymes
- Coenzymes
- Mode of Enzyme Activity
- Inhibitors
- Chapter 17. Biologic Oxidation
- Cellular Respiration
- Glycolysis
- Conversion of Pyruvic Acid to Acetyl Coenzyme A
- The Krebs Cycle
- Electron Transport Chain
- Chapter 18. Photosynthesis
- Overall Reaction
- Light Reactions
- Calvin Cycle
- C[subscript 4] Plants
- Chapter 19. Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Transport in Blood
- Flow of Gases
- Transport of Oxygen
- Transport of Carbon Dioxide
- Transport of Both Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide
- Review
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Figure A. Cellular Respiration
- Figure B. Glycolysis
- Figure C. Conversion of Pyruvic Acid to Acetyl Coenzyme A
- Figure D. The Krebs Cycle
- Figure E. Electron Transport Chain
- Index.