Textbook of Biochemistry
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 Title page for Textbook of Biochemistry (3rd Edition, 1932) | |
| Author | Alexander Thomas Cameron |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Biochemistry |
| Publisher | The Macmillan Company |
Publication date | 1928 (1st edition) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 462 |
Textbook of Biochemistry, first published in 1928, is scientific textbook authored by Alexander Thomas Cameron. The textbook became a standard of its field, and, by 1948, had gone through six editions, in addition to one Chinese and two Spanish editions.[1]
Textbook of Biochemistry consists entirely of lecture manuscripts given by the author, Alexander Thomas Cameron, over several years.[2] Cameron had lectured at the University of Manitoba since 1909, but was never a fluent speaker.[1] To compensate for this, he would write out his lectures in full.[1] Cameron was encouraged by students and friends to submit his lecture manuscripts for publication.[1] The textbook's first edition was published with a preface by Swale Vincent, Professor of Physiology at the University of London.[2]
Structure
Textbook of Biochemistry is divided into the following chapters:[2]
- Introduction
Introduction to the concept of biochemistry, and a review of catalytic reactions and pH.
- Food-Stuffs, Their Derivatives and Related Substances.
Ideas regarding carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins.
- The Chemistry of Digestion, the Circulation, and the Excreto.
The importance of bacterial and chemical activity in organisms.
- Intermediate Metabolism
The chemistry of tissues, intracellular synthesis, products of metabolism, and vitamins.
- The Chemistry of Reproduction; The Chemical Controlling Agencies of the Organism.
The agents governing metabolic processes.
- Quantitative Metabolism.
- Addenda.
A review of the present status of immunological biochemistry, and applications of biochemistry in industry.