By

• Dr (Brig) MN Chatterjea, BSc MBBS DCP MD (Biochemistry), Ex-Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, MGM Medical College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India, (Specialist in Pathology and Ex-Reader in Pathology)
• Rana Shinde, PhD FACB MRC Path (Chemical Pathology), Professor and Head and Chief, Chemical Pathologist, Department of Biochemistry, SSR Medical College, Belle Rive, Mauritius, Ex-Reader and Consultant, Department of Biochemistry, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, Ex-Professor, Department of Biochemistry, JN Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka, India

The book “Textbook of Medical Biochemistry” aims to provide a comprehensive, self-contained textbook of biochemistry to effectively satisfy the curricular requirements of medical students of Indian universities. This book according syllabi of several Indian universities to cover all the current topics prescribed for undergraduate and postgraduate medical biochemistry students. This popular book itself is a good guide and a tool to both undergraduate students and teachers in medical biochemistry. The textbook is useful not only for undergraduates but also for postgraduates in biochemistry and others registering for diplomat examination of the National Board of Examinations. The book will receive appreciation as well as encouragement from all biochemists. This edition will fulfil the requirement of the undergraduate students as per MCi recommendations and also meet the needs and expectations of postgraduate students of biochemistry. As the book is clinically oriented, it will be of much help to PG students of other disciplines, viz. Pathology/medicine/pediatrics, etc. In this edition of this book has been given full attention to include the advancements occurred in the field of clinical biochemistry. This edition is enriched with relevant subject information for those who are seeking to understand medical biochemistry. The text of the book is 50 chapters and special mention has been made to introduce to the reader some recent topics such as cyclic nucleotides—cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP, prostaglandins, prostacyclins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, immunoglobulins, recombinant DNA technology, clinical significance of enzymes and isoenzymes, radioisotopes and their clinical and therapeutic uses, etc. The text of each chapter has been written simple and lucid language keeping in view the objectives so that students can make a self-study. Colour printing has been used to make the book more attractive, easy recording and highlighting the important portions like clinical aspects/significance and biochemistry importance. The overall objective of the book has been to provide concise yet authoritative coverage on the basics of biochemistry with clinical approach to understand the disease processes. In this book included a large number of tables and comparative discussions wherever possible to meet the needs of the students. The important points in the text to be remembered by the students have been highlighted in bold and italicised prints. In this book has been included in the beginning of each chapter the “major concepts” and “specific objectives” of the chapter for the information of the readers so that medical students know what to study and learn. At the end of each chapter have been given “essay type” or “short notes type” questions which have been compiled from the examination papers of different Indian universities. In this book has been given some 15 to 30 MCQs (with answers at the end) in each chapter which may be useful for the medical students for their homework.