Comprehensive Biochemistry for Dentistry: Textbook for Dental Students (Hardcover, 2019)

Module 1 _Cellular Biochemistry.- Chapter 1. Cell and organelles.- Chapter 1.1. Structure and Functions of cellular organelles.- Module 2_ Structural Biochemistry: Chemistry and functions of Bio-macromolecules. - Chapter 2.1. Proteins and Amino acids.- Chapter 2.1.1. Organization of proteins.- Chapter 2.1.2. Plasma Proteins.- Chapter 2.1.3. Haemoglobin.- Chapter 2.1.4. Applied biochemistry - Implication of proteins in scurvy.- Chapter 2.2. Carbohydrates.- Chapter 2.2.1. Classification. - Chapter 2.2.2. Physiologically important Monosaccharides, Disaccharides, and Polysaccharides. - Chapter 2.2.3. Properties of Monosaccharides.- Chapter 2.2.4. Implication of Proteoglycans in Periodontitis.- Chapter 2.3. Lipids.- Chapter 2.3.1. Classification.- Phospholipids.- Chapter 2.3.2. Glycolipids.- Chapter 2.3.3. Cholesterol. - Chapter 2.3.4. Bile salts, Micelle, Bimolecular leaflet.- Chapter 2.3.5. Applied biochemistry - Dietary Omega - 3 fatty acid and dental diseases.- Chapter 2.4. Nucleic acids.- Chapter 2.4.1.Chemistry and metabolism of nucleotides.- Chapter 2.4.2. Structure of DNA.- Chapter 2.4.3. Types and Structure of RNAs.- Chapter 2.4.4. DNA Replication.- Chapter 2.4.5. Transcription.- Chapter 2.4.6. Translation.- Chapter 2.4.7. Metabolism of Purines and Pyrimidines.- Chapter 2.4.8. Introduction to cancer and oncogene.-Chapter 2.5. Enzymes.- Chapter 2.5.1. Classification of enzymes.- Chapter 2.5.2. Enzyme Specificity.- Chapter 2.5.3. Factors affecting enzyme action.- Chapter 2.5.4.Type of enzyme inhibitions.- Chapter 2.5.5.Applied biochemistry - Important enzymes in dental diseases.- Chapter 2.6. Hormones.- Chapter 2.6.1.Types of hormones.- Chapter 2.6.2. Mechanism of action of hormones.- Chapter 2.6.3. Introduction, metabolic functions, clinical relevance of pituitary hormones, steroid hormones, thyroid hormones, Insulin and glucagon.- Chapter 2.6.4. Applied biochemistry-Role of Estrogen and Progesterone in inflammatory gingivitis. Chapter 2.7. Vitamins.- Chapter 2.7.1. Classification.- Chapter 2.7.2. Chemistry, Functions and deficiency symptoms of fat soluble and water soluble vitamins.- Chapter 2.7.4. Biosynthesis of Calcitriol and its functions.- Chapter 2.7.5. Applied biochemistry.- Module 3 _Metabolism of Bio-macromolecules and Minerals.- Chapter 3.1. Metabolism of proteins.- Chapter 3.1.1. Digestion and absorption of Proteins.- Chapter 3.2. Metabolism of carbohydrates.- Chapter 3.2.1. Digestion and absorption of carbohydrates.- Chapter 3.3. Metabolism of lipids.- Chapter 3.3.1. Digestion and absorption of lipids.- Chapter 3.3.2. Clinical disorders.- Chapter 3.4. Metabolism of minerals.- Chapter 3.4.1. Applied biochemistry.- Chapter 3.5. Biological oxidation.- Chapter 3.5.1.- Introduction.- Chapter 3.5.2. Structure and function of Electron transport chain.- Chapter 3.5.3. Inhibitors of ETC.- Chapter 3.5.4. Applied biochemistry.- Module 4 ._Medical Biochemistry.- Chapter 4.1. Acid Base Balance.- Chapter 4.2. Nutrition.- Chapter 4.3. Diagnostic value of enzymes.- Chapter 4.4. Diagnostic value of enzymes.- Chapter 4.5. Clinical disorders.- Chapter 4.6. Liver and Gastric function tests.- Chapter 4.7. Renal function tests.- Module 5 _Immunochemistry.- Chapter 5.1. Immunoglobulins.- Module 6 _Dental Biochemistry.- Chapter 6.1. Chemistry of enamel, dentin and cementum.- Chapter 6.2. Chemical composition of saliva.- Chapter 6.3. Salivary proteins in health and disease.- Chapter 6.4. Chemistry of periodontal ligaments.- Chapter 6.5. Biochemical basis of Dental caries.- Chapter 6.6. Implication of fluorides.- Chapter 6.7. Role of Proteoglycans in dental plaque formation.- Chapter 6.8. Proteoglycans and cariogenic pathogens.