Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry
By Frederick A. Bettelheim, Gretchen M. Adams, Gail M. Vojta
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Give your health science students a strong understanding of chemistry and relevant issues in the field with “Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry.”
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About this product
Give your health science students a strong understanding of chemistry and relevant issues in the field with “Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry.”
This bestselling title features a rich instructional framework, several medical and biological applications, a visually dynamic art program, and varied practice and end-of-chapter problems.
Revised and updated throughout, this edition includes new content, new and updated Chemical Connections, chapter learning objectives, new and revised stepped-out example problems, and evidence-based study strategies to support students throughout the learning process.
Help students connect concepts, tackle complex problems, and build on prior learning with Tying It Together, Challenge Problems, and Looking Ahead Problems.
Help students know where to start and what steps to take with detailed worked examples that show them how to organize information and solve similar problems on their own.
Help build students’ key chemistry skills with HowTo Boxes that explain how to approach topics, such as determining the number of significant figures and drawing Lewis structures.
Table of contents
- 1. Matter, Energy, and Measurement.
- 2. Atoms.
- 3. Chemical Bonds.
- 4. Chemical Reactions and Energy Calculations.
- 5. Gases, Liquids, and Solids.
- 6. Solutions and Colloids.
- 7. Reaction Rates and Chemical Equilibrium.
- 8. Acids and Bases.
- 9. Nuclear Chemistry.
- 10. Organic Chemistry.
- 11. Alkanes.
- 12. Alkenes, Alkynes, and Aromatic Compounds
- 13. Alcohols, Ethers, and Thiols.
- 14. Chirality: The Handedness of Molecules.
- 15. Amines.
- 16. Aldehydes and Ketones.
- 17. Carboxylic Acids and Carboxylic Acid Derivatives.
- 18. Carbohydrates.
- 19. Lipids.
- 20. Proteins.
- 21. Enzymes.
- 22. Chemical Communications: Neurotransmitters and Hormones.
- 23. Nucleotides, Nucleic Acids, and Heredity.
- 24. Gene Expression and Protein Synthesis.
- 25. Bioenergetics: How the Body Converts Food to Energy.
- 26. Specific Catabolic Pathways: Carbohydrate, Lipid, and Protein Metabolism.
- 27. Anabolic Pathways: Carbohydrate, Lipid, and Amino Acid Biosynthesis.
- 28. Nutrition.
- 29. Body Fluids.
- Appendix 1. Exponential Notation.
- Appendix 2. Significant Figures.
- Answers to In-Text and Odd-Numbered End-of-Chapter Problems.
- Glossary
- Credits
- Index.
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