Metabolism at a glance presents a concise, illustrated summary of metabolism in health and disease. This essential text is progressively appropriate for introductory through to advanced medical and biochemistry courses. It also provides a succinct review of inborn errors of metabolism, and reference for postgraduate medical practitioners and biomedical scientists who need a resource to quickly refresh their knowledge. Fully updated and extensively illustrated, this new edition of metabolism at a glance is now in full colour throughout, and includes new coverage of sports biochemistry; the metabolism of lipids, carbohydrates and cholesterol; glyceroneogenesis, -oxidation and -oxidation of fatty acids. It also features the overlooked krebs uric acid cycle . Metabolism at a glance offers an accessible introduction to metabolism, and is ideal as a revision aid for students preparing for undergraduate and USMLE step 1 exams.