Practical Physiological Chemistry

Abstract

The 13th edition of this text represents an expansion and revision of material to include the advances of physiological chemistry since 1947. The textual material is now equally divided between theoretical discussion and experimental procedures and methods. The chapters on nucleic acids and nucleoproteins, milk, muscular tissues, enzymes, and isotopes have been extensively rewritten. There are short discussions on the newer physical methods, including electrophoresis, the ultracentrifuge, ion-exchange resins, column and paper chromatography, and counter-current distribution. In addition there are discussions on such topics as the helical structure of proteins, structure of insulin, synthesis of oxytocin, chemistry and metabolism of nucleoproteins, nucleic acids and derivatives, role of muscle protein and adenosine triphosphate in muscle contraction, biochemistry of bone and teeth, chemistry of corticosteroids, kinetics of enzymatic action, theories of blood clotting, role of coenzyme A and "one-carbon fragments" in metabolism, cobalamins, and isotopes in biochemical research. The experimental procedures and