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The sixth edition of General, Organic, and Biochemistry is designed to help undergraduate health-related majors, and students of all other majors, understand key concepts and appreciate the significant connections between chemistry, health, disease, and the treatment of disease. This text continues to strike a balance between theoretical and practical chemistry, while emphasizing material that is unique to health-related studies. The text has been written at a level intended for students whose professional goals do not include a mastery of chemistry, but for whom an understanding of the principles and practice of chemistry is a necessity.
Designed for the one- or two-semester course, this text has an easy-to-follow problem-solving pedagogy, vivid illustrations, and engaging applications.

Table of Contents

Part 1 General Chemistry
1 Chemistry: Methods and Measurement
2 The Structure of the Atom and the Periodic Table
3 Structure and Properties of Ionic and Covalent Compounds
4 Calculations and the Chemical Equation
5 States of Matter: Gases, Liquids, and Solids
6 Solutions
7 Energy, Rate, and Equilibrium
8 Acids and Bases and Oxidation-Reduction
9 The Nucleus, Radioactivity, and Nuclear Medicine
Part 2 Organic Chemistry
10 An Introduction to Organic Chemistry: The Saturated Hydrocarbons
11 The Unsaturated Hydrocarbons: Alkenes, Alkynes, and Aromatics
12 Alcohols, Phenols, Thiols, and Ethers
13 Aldehydes and Ketones
14 Carboxylic Acids and Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
15 Amines and Amides
Part 3 Biochemistry
16 Carbohydrates
17 Lipids and Their Functions in Biochemical Systems
18 Protein Structure and Function
19 Enzymes
20 Introduction to Molecular Genetics
21 Carbohydrate Metabolism
22 Aerobic Respiration and Energy Production
23 Fatty Acid Metabolism

About the Author

Kate Denniston is a biochemist in the Biology Dept. of Towson State University. At Towson, she has been honored with such awards as the "Outstanding Faculty Award" and the "Faculty Merit Award". Her previous employment record is literally a list of some of the best biochemistry institutions in the world: Univ. of Wisconsin as a post-doc, Georgetown University School of Medicine as research professor, National Cancer Institute as a Senior Staff Fellow, the Argonee National laboratory in their research program, and as an Invited Instructor by the European Molecular Biology Organization. She has written for such noteworthy publications as Nature, Science. Joe Topping currently is a professor of analytical chemistry at Towson State University. He did his post-doc at Iowa State Univeristy in Ames. At Towson, he has been honored with such awards as the "Outstanding Faculty Award" and the "Faculty Merit Award". He has written ancillaries for an outstanding text, Atkins - General Chemistry and is heavily involved with the American Chemical Society. Bob Caret is currently Provost and Executive Vice President of Towson State University and an associate professor of chemistry. He has written an Organic Chemistry text previously. Professor Caret's Focus in the textbook is in organic chemistry.