This is the thoroughly revised and updated edition of the comprehensive textbook for under- graduate medical students.
Written specifically for the First MBBS students of Indian universities keeping in mind the time constraints of the preclinical phase. Avoids details not required by the undergraduate medical students yet provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of core topics of biochemistry as well as the emerging areas. Explains biochemical phenomena in an easy-to-understand language with chemical formulae structures and reactions as an aid to comprehension of the subject. Illustrated with simple and self-explanatory colour diagrams to facilitate easy learning Provides biochemical basis of aetiology pathogenesis symptomatOlogy diagnosis and where relevant treatment of common inherited and acquired disorders Provides a balanced treatment of fundamentals of biochemistry and their application in the medical field.
RC Gupta MD He is currently Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry, National Institute of Medical Sciences, Jaipur, Rajasthan. Earlier he was Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry, TM Medical College, Moradabad, UP. Has been a teacher in biochemistry in various medical colleges in Rajasthan during 1974-2010. He took his MBBS and MD degrees from SMS Medical College, Jaipur. He has published about 50 research papers and two books on biochemistry besides the present one.
