The biochemistry fundamentals every medical student needs to master —presented clearly and succinctly, with numerous case studies Concise but packed with medically relevant examples, Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry combines top-quality full-color illustrations with authoritative integrated coverage of biochemical disease. This authoritative clinical guide includes more than 600 illustrations, with each chapter featuring a section on biomedical importance summarizing the given topic. Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry deliver the information students need to build their understanding of toxic naturally occurring amino acids; extraterrestrial biomolecules; computer-aided drug design; the role of complement cascade in bacterial and viral infection; secreted mediators of cell-cell signaling between leukocytes; the role of mast cells, basophils, and eosinophils; the hazard of antioxidants that down-regulate radical signaling for apoptosis and increase risk of cancer, and much more.