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This book on biochemistry comprises of 80 chapters(small and long), which deal with structure,biosynthesis and degradation of biochemicalconstituents of animals. Elucidated below are someof the key highlights of this book:1. To serve the interest of students adequately,most of the salient features of GeneralBiochemistry have been properly placed in thisbook (Section I).2. Cytochrome P450 has been given as anindependent chapter, not attended by most ofthe books (Section I).3. Aquaporins have been given to explain their rolein water and salt metabolism, not captured inmost of the books.4. Basic concepts behind structures ofProstaglandins have been explained to makeit easy for the students to read and writelarge number of prostaglandins along withleukotrienes and thromboxanes (Section I).5. Chapter on vitamins include structure andbiosynthesis in better details.6. This book has come out for the first time withmathematical formulae to calculate numberof energy bonds synthesized in oxidation ofcarbohydrates and fatty acids (Section B).7. Most of the books on biochemistry do notdiscuss basics of structure, synthesis anddegradation of hormones. This book has takencare of these aspects of hormones (Section III).8. Biochemistry of neurotransmitters andneurohormones has been given a separateattention (Section III).9. Only a few foreign books have given attentionto clinical biochemistry, mostly as case reports.This book gives an independent attention to thisarea comprising of well-elucidated 19 chapters(Section III).10. This book possesses most of the utility chaptersof biochemistry for students of undergraduateand postgraduate of life sciences, zoology,biochemistry, biotechnology and medicine.