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This sixth edition contains the recent advances in molecular basis of life. Includes illustrations, formulas, and worked-out examples and solutions to assist those interested in knowing how nature and human life work at the molecular level. New interactions (special topics) consist of: scurvy, lime juice, ascorbic acid, and the scientific method, air bags, melatonin - hope or hype?, mad cows, prions, and protein shapes, biochips, breast cancer, and the no-name protein and more. Each chapter provides a summary as well as review exercises.

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• Goals, Methods, and Measurements
• Matter and Energy
• Atomic Theory and the Periodic Table
• Chemical Compounds and Chemical Bonds
• Quantitative Relationships in Chemical Reactions
• States of Matter and the Kinetic Theory
• Solutions, and Colloids
• Acids, Bases, and Ionic Compounds
• Reaction Kinetics and Chemical Equilibria: Acid-Based Equilibria
• Radioactivity and Nuclear Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry: Saturated Hydrocarbons
• Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
• Alcohols, Phenols, Ethers, and Thioalcohols
• Aldehydes and Ketones
• Carboxylic Acids and Esters
• Amines and Amides
• Stereoisomerism
• Carbohydrates
• Lipids
• Proteins
• Enzymes
• Hormones and Neurotransmitters
• Extracellular Fluids of the Body
• Nucleic Acids
• Biochemical Energetics
• Metabolism of Carbohydrates
• Metabolism of Lipids
• Metabolism of Nitrogen Compounds
• Nutrition
• Appendices
• Glossary
• Photo Credits
• Index