This textbook is intended for a general organic and biological chemistry course for nursing and allied health students. It maintains the overriding theme that life has a molecular basis, and consistently provides a sense of relevance to the career orientation of the students. Accompanied by a study guide and a laboratory manual, it provides students with a motivational force and careful discussions of difficult topics.
Goals, Methods and Measurements; Matter and Energy; Quantitative Relationships in Chemical Reactions; Atomic Theory and the Periodic System of the Elements; Chemical Compounds and Chemical Bonds; States of Matter and the Kinetic Theory; Solutions and Colloids; Acids, Bases, and Ionic Compounds; Reaction Kinetics and Chemical Equilibria; Oxidation-Reduction Equilibria; Radioactivity and Nuclear Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Unsaturated Hydrocarbons; Alcohols, Phenols, Ethers and Thioalcohols; Aldehydes and Ketones; Carboxylic Acids and Esters; Amines and Amides; Optical Isomerism; Carbohydrates; Lipids; Proteins; Enzymes, Hormones and Neutrotransmitters; Extracellular Fluids of the Body; Nucleic Acids; Biochemical Energetics; Metabolism of Carbohydrates; Metabolism of Lipids; Metabolism of Nitrogen Compounds; Nutrition.