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This book focuses on current issues, pedagogically rich framework, a wide variety of medical and biological applications, and exceptionally strong and varied end-of-chapter problems. Plus, this edition includes completely updated biochemistry content, and expanded medical and health applications useful for allied health students. Table of Contents 1. Matter, Energy, and Measurement. 2. Atoms. 3. Nuclear Chemistry. 4. Chemical Bonds. 5. Chemical Reactions. 6. Gases, Liquids, and Solids. 7. Solutions and Colloids. 8. Reaction Rates and Chemical Equilibrium. 9. Acids and Bases. 10. Organic Chemistry. 11. Alkanes. 12. Alkenes and Alkynes. 13. Benzene and its Derivatives. 14. Alcohols, Ethers, and Thiols. 15. Chirality: The Handedness of Molecules. 16. Amines. 17. Aldehydes and Ketones. 18. Carboxylic Acids. 19. Carboxylic Anhydrides, Esters, and Amides 20. Carbohydrates. 21. Lipids. 22. Proteins. 23. Enzymes. 24. Chemical Communications: Neurotransmitters and Hormones. 25. Nucleotides, Nucleic Acids and Heredity. 26. Gene Expression and Protein Synthesis. 27. Bioenergetics: How the Body Converts Food to Energy. 28. Specific Catabolic Pathways: Carbohydrate, Lipid, and Protein Metabolism. 29. Biosynthetic Pathways. 30. Nutrition. 31. Immunochemistry.