This is the first book which has been revised and updated as per the latest (2024) NMC guidelines | CBME curriculum for MBBS students with new competency numbers.

Highlights of the Book

⭐ The text is an amalgamation of medical and basic sciences, comprehensively written to meet the curriculum requirements of all students of medical, dental and allied health science courses. This is the only book by an Indian author with colour tracking of biochemical reactions.

⭐ It is written in a lucid style with subject material presented as an interesting story, growing from elementary information to most recent advances. For a clear and better understanding of the topics, pictures | images, clinical applications, medical concepts, early clinical exposure, clinical case studies, curiosity corners, origins of words, common confusables, practical biochemistry, MCQs, viva voce questions, short notes, etc. have been added.

⭐ It has abundant information for the reader to boldly and confidently face any kind of examinations, CBME competencies (with code numbers) in the text, tables, clinical cases with reasoning questions, structured long essays, short notes, clinical scenario-based MCQs, clinical case studies with analysis and questions, viva voce questions, etc.

⭐ Reviewed and contributed by eminent faculty of different medical institutions.

New to the Seventh Edition

⭐ Addition of AETCOM, artificial intelligence in clinical biochemistry, newborn and prenatal screening, dietary advices, microarrays, FISH, CRISPR, protein sorting, alcohol metabolism, laboratory techniques in biochemistry, etc.

⭐ Chapter-wise 1300+ MCQs, 100+ clinical cases, and 800+ viva voce | short-answer questions.

⭐ Addition of pictures, early clinical exposure, curiosity corners, practical biochemistry, etc.

⭐ Text has been rewritten and reorganised as per the latest NMC guidelines | CBME curriculum (2024) for easy learning.

⭐ Mind Maps in Biochemistry added to help the reader learn, remember and recall the crucial information with ease.