4th Edition
Varun Kumar Malhotra PHD/Gold Medalist
Department of Biochemistry Maulana Azad Medical College
New Delhi
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Practical Biochemistry for Students
© 2003, Varun Kumar Malhotra
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Fourth Edition: 2003
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5Preface to the Fourth Edition
Over the years, the world of Biochemistry has seen many changes for better investigational techniques for the welfare of the patients. Hence it becomes mandatory for any written material to show the changes duly. In this edition, my efforts have gone in a direction to improve the material.
In a modest attempt, additions have been made about the methods of expressing concentrations, instrumentations, collection and preparation of blood specimen, SGOT, SGPT, etc. The inquiring mind will certainly benefit from such exposures to manage the clinical situation in a more creative and challenging manner.
Some modifications became necessary in various chapters and thus the matters have been updated in a befitting manner to serve the demanding needs of the consumers.
Lastly, I thank many people like Prof B Misra and Publishers for their guidance and assistance respectively.
7Preface to the First Edition
In the ever expanding knowledge of Biochemistry it is very difficult on the part of single individual to go through the various bigger valume of textbooks on practice of biochemical investigations. This book in a concise but equally satisfactory form will help the user, students and practitioners either to a great extent. Besides being handy it has been kept up to its spirit of recent approaches by virtue of which one has the best utility in a busy time.
For every medical practitioner and enlighted patients, Biochemistry has been playing a significant role. This book will certainly be of significant importances to the practitioners as well as laboratories.
I thank all my colleagues and friends in contributing to have brought out this book in its near perfect shape.
My extreme heartful thanks are due to the incessant guidance from Prof B Misra, Department of Physiology, MAM College in bringing out every chapter in an excellent way. The contributions that I have received by the constant cooperation of my parents and wife cannot be ignored.
Lastly my utmost thanks are due to Dr K Chaudhry and my Publisher Mr Jitendar Vij.
I hope the book will bring out greater number of readers keeping in view the worth of this book.
The author always keeps an open eye for suggestions.
Varun Kumar Malhotra