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Biochemistry, Fourth Edition
Reginald H. Garrett, Charles M. Grisham
Publisher: Mary Finch
Senior Acquisitions ... the
University of Virginia, where he is currently Professor of Biol-
ogy. He is the author of previous editions of Biochemistry, as well
as Principles of Biochemistry (Cengage, Brooks/Col...
... several biologically relevant themes of structure and
organization emerge. Furthermore, as we study biochemistry, we will see that these
themes serve as principles of biochemistry. Prominent among
... Conventions
The discoveries of optical activity and enantiomeric structures (see Critical De-
velopments in Biochemistry, page 84) made it important to develop suitable
nomenclature for chiral molecules. ... glyceraldehyde
are denoted as
D-glyceraldehyde and L-glyceraldehyde, respectively (see Critical
Developments in Biochemistry, page 84). Absolute configurations of all other
carbon-ba...
... Index, 10th ed. Rahway, NJ:Merck and Co.; and Wilson, E. D., et al., 1979, Principles of Nutrition, 4th ed. New
York:Wiley.
*Values are percentages of total fatty acids.
TABLE 8.2
Fatty Acid Compositions