biochemistry books

	Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry, Third Edition
	By: Eldor A. Paul ISBN: 0125468075 Publisher: Academic Press Release Date: 22 December, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 420655	This book has some excellent introductory material if you want to learn about soil microbiology. It is nicely organized with chapters (check the table of contents). A very good improvement over the previous edition in that it talks about some of the recent technology such as metagenomics. I would not recommend it as a reference book for graduate students, but a very good intro text book for grad and undergrads. Book in very good condition when arrived, was new when purchased. Cost was a little high at 62.00 dollars. Received in a timely manner. I was a graduate student in soils and forestry when I took a class in soil microbiology that used this text. It is essentially the gold standard for soil micro texts. It isn't overly technical, but it includes a thorough analysis of the basic concepts needed to understand most aspects of soil microbiology research and application. The book uses mostly agronomic examples, but there is enough variety of ecosystems to make it useful for those working in forestry, grasslands, and almost any type of soil. Those interested in detailed discussions of molecular microbial methods or biotechnology may be disappointed, but for the general student looking to understand what those billion microbes per teaspoon of soil are doing, this book is the best introduction out there.
	Biochemical Pathways: An Atlas of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
	By: Gerhard Michal ISBN: 0471331309 Publisher: Wiley-Spektrum Release Date: 14 December, 1998 Bioscience book rank: 396725	This is by far the best written and illustrated book for pathways I have ever seen. If I was teaching a course, it would be absolutely required. Comprehensive references of bochemical pathways are not common, especially with well described cofactors, modulators, and interactions with disparate pathways. This book could provide such a useful reference, unfortunately, the quality of the layout is so poor as to make it very difficult to read. Poor graphic quality, exceptionally small fonts, and poor color choices render what should be a most useful reference into a visually challenging document. At the price, the book is a disappointment, although the content is great. One wishes that the editors would rerelease it after completely revising the graphics and production quality, as the content is indeed very useful. The book "Biochemical Pathways..." is the book of choice if you quickly need information on a particular biochemical reaction, substrate or enzyme and serves well as an excellent reference guide. It is a comprehensive book version of the well-known Boehringer Mannheim wallchart "Biochemical Pathways" that can surely be found in almost every laboratory on the world. The book is color-coded and in addition to the enormous biochemical wallchart data gives a large body of overview information about fundamental aspects concerning enzyme structure, viruses and even the immune system.
	Underground Clinical Vignettes Step 1: Biochemistry (Underground Clinical Vignettes)
	By: Todd A Swanson, Sandra I Kim, Marc J Glucksman ISBN: 0781764726 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Release Date: 01 April, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 84577
	Medical Biochemistry
	By: John W. Baynes, Marek H. Dominiczak ISBN: 0723433410 Publisher: Mosby Release Date: 17 December, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 258158	Like other people have said, this book is not worth the money. This book puts far too much emphasis on some topics, ignores others and simply does a terrible job explaining biochemical concepts that are important in medicine. If you would like a simplified biochemistry text, choose Lippencott's or Lange's texts. This is book is too simple and frustrating. I have spoken with many students in my medical school class that agree with my assessment and do no even bother reading the chapters because they leave them confused and frustrated. Save your money!!! I wish I could give it a negative star or no stars at all! This is not a very good book. Although this is a medical biochemistry book, this is inadequate for medical school. Many topics are covered in great detail when they don't need to be, while others are neglected when they should be emphasized. In short, it does not teach to the NBME biochemistry shelf exam or USMLE Step 1. Although it is the second edition, it is riddled with errors, unclear grammar, and inaccurate figures. There are also some topics where this book is just plain wrong. Who thought it would be a good idea to have a bunch of biochemists write a medical text? Get something else; anything else. This text was compulsory for our college. As a new student to biochemistry I really struggled with this book. It made easy concepts complicated. If you're planning to do a couple of years of biochem then this is the book for you. If you're after some intro stuff, invest your money into something else.
	Nutritional Biochemistry, Second Edition
	By: Tom Brody ISBN: 0121348369 Publisher: Academic Press Release Date: 15 January, 1999 Bioscience book rank: 256008	At time of writing, majority of listed reviews are written by the author himself. I would be really interested in this book should the reviews come from some real name readers. While this book on nutritional biochemistry was adequate when it came out in 1999, much has changed in seven years. Without an update of the way daily allowances are now determined, new findings in the area of molecular biology, etc. the potential buyer may be rewarded by waiting for the next edition. It is interesting to note that most of the reviews came from the author. The following is from a review by Prof. W.R.Bidlack, Dean of College of Agriculture at California State Polytechnic University (Journal of the American College of Nutrition (2000) Vol. 19:419-420): This well-written text integrates the relationships between nutrients from food and the chemistry of living organisms. The sequential presentation, the figures and tables, the case studies, the appendicies, each contributes to the quality of the work, one valuable for teaching biochemistry, nutrition, medical or health professional students . . . In many cases, the author has included discussion of historically important nutritional deficiencies as well as more contemporary problems that can be controlled wiht appropriate nutritional intervention, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease . . . The layout of the text permits the integration of nutrition into a medical school curriculum. If first establishes biological structure and its relation to genetic expression. Next it presents a very systematic discussion of digestion and absorption . . . The chapter on lipids includes important consideration of phospholipids and sphingosine-based lipids, but emphasizes cholesterol, lipoproteins, and cardiovascular disease . . . Protein . . . is covered in greater detail than by most texts, clearly in an effort to provide good understanding of the concepts, basic and applied. . . Both the vitamins and minerals are presented in standard formats. However, the vitamins are presented in terms of their role in metabolism, rather than simply water soluble and then fat soluble vitamins . . . Throughout the book, the author underscores the importance of nutrient interactions--some positive, some synergistic, and some antagonistic. In addition, major emphasis is placed on interorgan relationships . . . The book can be recommended as a teaching text. It is pleasurable to read . . . There are stimulating exercises in most chapters and a large number of references . . . (From review by Prof. W.R. Bidlack, Dean, College of Agriculture, Calif. State Polytech. Univ. Pomona)
	USMLE Road Map: Biochemistry (Usmle Road Map)
	By: Richard G. MacDonald ISBN: 0071442057 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical Release Date: 13 July, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 236436
	Algae: Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Biotechnology
	By: Laura Barsanti, Paolo Gualtieri ISBN: 0849314674 Publisher: CRC Release Date: 14 November, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 697733
	Study Guide for Bettelheim/Brown/Campbell/Farrell's Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry, 8th
	By: Frederick A. Bettelheim, William H. Brown, Mary K. Campbell, Shawn O. Farrell ISBN: 0495014192 Publisher: Brooks Cole Release Date: 22 March, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 539585
	Kaplan Usmle Step 1 Lecture Notes 2006 Edition W/q-book (Pathology, Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Anatomy, Embryology and Histology, Physiology , Microbiology and Immunology (2004), Behavioral Sciences (2004), Qbook (2004))
	By: Kaplan Medical ISBN: B0012LZDBC Publisher: Release Date: 2006 Bioscience book rank: 531020
	General, Organic, and Biochemistry Lab Manual
	By: Sara Selfe ISBN: 0716761661 Publisher: W. H. Freeman Release Date: 12 January, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 657931