Comp. Bioehem. Physiol., Vol. 6511,p. 763 Pergamon Press Ltd 1980. Printed in Great Britain BOOK REVIEWS Introduction to Biochemistry, 2nd Edition--John W. Suttie. 434 pp. 1979. Holt-Saunders, Eastbourne. £6.00 This standard text has been rewritten and brought up to date. It provides the information required for the first year undergraduate course in Biochemistry with the main emphasis being on mammalian metabolism. Each chapter has at its end a selection of problems (The pentose phos- phate pathway can be seen as as a way to convert glucose to fructose 6-P and erythrose -4-P. If this conversion was occurring where would these two sugars be labelled if glucose was labelled with 14C in carbon -3?) and a list of suggested further reading. The text is attractively presented and the book is good value for money. Biochemistry--By Frank Bradley Armstrong and Thomas Peter Bennett. 491 pp. 1979. Oxford University Press, Oxford. £14.00 This is a first year University text and starts with a pleasant historical introduction including pictures of Wohler, Liebig, Pasteur, Emil Fischer, Sumner, Krebs, Pauling, Watson, Crick and Lipmann. The human approach is used throughout the book and the various workers who have contributed to the development of the ideas and facts in modern biochemistry CA recent notable achievement by Alexander Rich and Sung-Hou Kim and colleagues is their elucidation of the three-dimensional structure of yeast phenylalanyl tRNA") are mentioned. The book is well produced and should be stimulating reading for most biochemistry students. Handbook of Cellular Chemistry, 2nd Edition--By Anna- belle Cohen. 225 pp. 1979. C. V. Mosby, St Louis. £5.50 The aim of the text is to select and explain important concepts in terms of the most recent advances in Bio- chemistry without at the same time overwhelming the beginner with a mass of technical detail. The accent is on the biochemistry that goes on within the cell, with quite a lot of basic chemistry in the first 70 pages (atomic structure, valency, pH, buffers, carbon chemistry, heterocyclic compounds). It could be a useful book for those biochemistry students who, attempt to abandon chemistry or whose chemical knowledge is only one molecule thick. The Evolution of the Bioenergetie Processes (Revised Reprint)--By E. Broda, University of Vienna. 231 pp. 1978. Pergamon Press, Oxford. $13 This is a revised paperback reprint of the 1975 edition. The main argument in the book is the development of the path from fermentation to photosynthesis and respiration and the relationship between the processes in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Some of the chapter headings are: Bio- energetics and evolution; Early conditions on earth; Origin of Life; Eobionts and Organisms; Energy Rich Com- pounds; Fermentation; Bacterial Photosynthesis; Photoor- ganotrophy; Photolithotropy; Plant Photosynthesis; Res- piration in General; Anaerobic respiration of prokaryotes; Chemolithotrophy; Prokaryotic Evolution; Eukaryotes and their organelles; Origin of mitochondria and chloro- plasts;Energy supply of protozoa and fungi; Bioenergetics of tissues; Geological Evidence and History of Atmos- pheric Oxygen. All good thought-provoking stuff. 763

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Comp. Bioehem. Physiol., Vol. 6511, p. 763 Pergamon Press Ltd 1980. Printed in Great Britain

BOOK REVIEWS

Introduction to Biochemistry, 2nd Edition--John W. Suttie. 434 pp. 1979. Holt-Saunders, Eastbourne. £6.00

This standard text has been rewritten and brought up to date. It provides the information required for the first year undergraduate course in Biochemistry with the main emphasis being on mammalian metabolism. Each chapter has at its end a selection of problems (The pentose phos- phate pathway can be seen as as a way to convert glucose to fructose 6-P and erythrose -4-P. If this conversion was occurring where would these two sugars be labelled if glucose was labelled with 14C in carbon -3?) and a list of suggested further reading. The text is attractively presented and the book is good value for money.

Biochemistry--By Frank Bradley Armstrong and Thomas Peter Bennett. 491 pp. 1979. Oxford University Press, Oxford. £14.00

This is a first year University text and starts with a pleasant historical introduction including pictures of Wohler, Liebig, Pasteur, Emil Fischer, Sumner, Krebs, Pauling, Watson, Crick and Lipmann. The human approach is used throughout the book and the various workers who have contributed to the development of the ideas and facts in modern biochemistry CA recent notable achievement by Alexander Rich and Sung-Hou Kim and colleagues is their elucidation of the three-dimensional structure of yeast phenylalanyl tRNA") are mentioned. The book is well produced and should be stimulating reading for most biochemistry students.

Handbook of Cellular Chemistry, 2nd Edition--By Anna- belle Cohen. 225 pp. 1979. C. V. Mosby, St Louis. £5.50

The aim of the text is to select and explain important concepts in terms of the most recent advances in Bio- chemistry without at the same time overwhelming the beginner with a mass of technical detail. The accent is on the biochemistry that goes on within the cell, with quite a lot of basic chemistry in the first 70 pages (atomic structure, valency, pH, buffers, carbon chemistry, heterocyclic compounds). It could be a useful book for those biochemistry students who, attempt to abandon chemistry or whose chemical knowledge is only one molecule thick.

The Evolution of the Bioenergetie Processes (Revised Reprint)--By E. Broda, University of Vienna. 231 pp. 1978. Pergamon Press, Oxford. $13

This is a revised paperback reprint of the 1975 edition. The main argument in the book is the development of the path from fermentation to photosynthesis and respiration and the relationship between the processes in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Some of the chapter headings are: Bio- energetics and evolution; Early conditions on earth; Origin of Life; Eobionts and Organisms; Energy Rich Com- pounds; Fermentation; Bacterial Photosynthesis; Photoor- ganotrophy; Photolithotropy; Plant Photosynthesis; Res- piration in General; Anaerobic respiration of prokaryotes; Chemolithotrophy; Prokaryotic Evolution; Eukaryotes and their organelles; Origin of mitochondria and chloro- plasts;Energy supply of protozoa and fungi; Bioenergetics of tissues; Geological Evidence and History of Atmos- pheric Oxygen. All good thought-provoking stuff.

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