Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, Fourth Edition | 
| Authors: David L. Nelson, Michael M. Cox
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Pages: 1100
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ISBN: 0716743396
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Publication Date: April 23, 2004
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 Very complete biochemistry textbook May 8, 2008
What I like the most about this book is that it contains almost all the information that you need to understand biochemistry, information that is not traditionally covered in biochemistry books, but that is needed as background to a complete understanding of the subject. For instance, the first chapter of this book gives background information on the biological, chemical, genetics, evolution basis of biochemistry. It explains the cell in enough detail to understand references made to the cell components later on in the textbook. Another thing I found is a detailed explanation of D and L configuration, as opposed as just saying all amino acids found in proteins are L isomers. No other book I've read explains where the L, D configuration convention came from and students usually confuse it with levorotatory and dextrorotatory, when they are different things altogether. It also has an entire chapter dedicated to water chemistry, which serves as both a review and a basis for understanding the importance of hydrogen bonding in biochemistry in later chapters.
In essence, this is a very COMPLETE book, in the sense that it covers material not found in traditional biochemistry books (ex. Berg, Stryer), but that is necessary to understand other aspects of biochemistry. If you are planning to specialize in the study of biochemistry, you definitely want this book as part of your reference collection.
Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, Fourth Edition February 22, 2008
Excellent book! I would recommend this book for any person taking a beginners biochemistry class or just wanting to know more about the subject.
 Great overview of Biochem February 17, 2008
Usually required reading for college students, this book was used for undergrad biochem and my pharmacy biochem. Pretty good tome.
 This book is good for non-medical professions January 6, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I took this book for the first time I thought - wow they probably made the well-known Leninger book more illustrated, maybe added something new - let's read it. But from the first chapters I realized - there is nothing left from the original book. There is too much water in this book. You can for example read like 30 pages and then stop and ask yourself - Ok what have I've learned. And the answer is "not too much", because what was written in 30 pages in fact can be written in 5. I recommend the editors to change the name "Leninger - Principles of biochemistry" for something like - "Very general principles of biochemistry". Though I can not tell that the entire book is bad - starting with metabolic pathways I found some new details and information I didn't know about, but in general it was a waste of time and money to buy and read this book.
Its a Classic October 19, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is a classic. It seems to contain just about everything. The format is simple and easy to understand and the website it very good. If you are using this for class, buying the Absolute Guide is a MUST.The Absolute, Ultimate Guide to Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry 4e To review for tests and simplify hard concepts I also recommend the Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews 3rd Ed.Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry (Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews Series), which I just love. If you want to understand Biochem, Lehninger and Lippincott are the way to go!
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