5 comments about Biochemistry (3rd Edition) (Biochemistry (Mathews/ Addison-Wesley)).

1. It's difficult to review a book on a subject as biochemistry, when you're a student, and this is the only book I've read on the subject. This book is used by medical students at the Universty of Bergen, Norway, and as a student I find it very easy to read (if you have mind that biochemistry is not an easy subject). The illustrations and figures in the book are helpful, and often, you can get the essential in the text by only looking at the figures.



2. I have not seen the 2000 edition yet, but the previous edition is very elegantly written. Compare with some other biochemistry text, this book provides another view into biochemistry. Almost (if not all) all the chapters have a special topic after the chapter text, showing you how we can turn the dry text into useful experimental tools for solving life's problem, scientifically. These special topics also give us a view into the physical chemistry world, which has become more and more important at the time.



3. I am a biochemistry major at the university of the philippines. i have several biochem books on my shelf and i just recently purchased a copy of the 2000 edition (i also have the 2nd ed). the book just keeps getting better. the book really helps a lot especially when the class lecture corresponds with how the book presents the subject matter. as a biochem major, i'd say this is a pretty good way to present biochem. it makes it seem easy and fun to read. you look at the pictures and read the caption and you learn the idea in a flash.



4. Mathew's Biochemistry is an excellent book to start this difficult subject! The easy diagrams and interesting notes just keeps you wanting to learn more...Read, read and read. If only it could have a more clinical focus it would be 100% perfect. Combine it with "Harper's Biochemistry" and you will soon run A+ on scores! To die for!



5. Don't misjudge my review; I'm not just some lazy kid who hates all work. I'm in the honors program at UCI studying to be a doctor. And this book isn't very good. The reading, I will grant, isn't too bad. Most of the time it's easy to follow, and sometimes it's confusing. However, the problem comes when you try to put it all to the test and do the problems at the end of the chapter. Not only does the book present problems that were not covered in the reading, but it doesn't explain the answers, either. It just gives them to you. I am forced to constantly ask a friend of mine if he knows how to get the answer they give, because the book gives no indication of how to arrive at it. It also withholds information; in one problem in chapter 5 the answer they give is only possible, ONLY possible, if chymotrypsin cleaves a protein at isoleucine (the book only gives leucine, not iso-). In the next problem, it is virtually the same thing, taking cleavage information and trying to put amino acids in the correct order. However, in this one, their answer insists that you NOT cleave at isoleucine. Otherwise you'd be wrong and wonder what you did. Of course, you'd get no explanation. If you have to get this book for a class, then fine. Good luck with the homework if you have to turn in the problems. But if you're getting it to further challenge yourself of your own accord, search around for some type of solutions manual first, because this book won't tell you how to get anything. It assumes you have a lot of background knowledge already, so I don't know where one reviewer got the notion that this is great for beginners...if you want a good book for beginners, seek out the Garrett & Grisham book. It simplifies biochemistry beyond belief compared to this book.

5 comments about The DHEA Breakthrough.

1. Amazing book - there's so much information about our body and how it works - the relationship to aging and the body's production of DHEA - If you want to know about healthy aging, read this book.
   Having taken DHEA for 5+ years, I can say it truly is life-changing.



2. The endocrinologist said "DHEA is a hormone produced by the adrenals that
   doesn't do much of anything." The DHEA Breakthrough makes a case otherwise that is very convincing and interesting. It presents a comprehensive plan that includes many lifestyle factors that are undoubtedly helpful. It is not a book that validates through research but is more of a book of ideas that one never thought of before that make perfect sense such as "eat like a caveman". It gives a sound and sensible approach to the administration of DHEA to help one make their own way. Since every person is going to react a bit differently to this hormone, heres what it did for me -- on a mere 12 mg (sub physiological dose) about
   2/3 of the time, cholesterol went down about 20 points and testosterone up 130 points from a low level and kidney creatine levels improved significantly! This is powerful stuff and this book gives people the information to proceed with confidence with something that could be very helpful to them.



3. Not A Bad Read But some of the facts are debatable.Read more than this book on DHEA to make an informed desision.



4. If you are serious about taking responsibility for your health, and desire a tool that you can use to decipher all the medical jargon and how it pertains to you, then The Metabolic Plan is your book.
   As a Type II diabetic I wanted to understand how I could prevent and possibly reverse the effects of this disease. Armed with the information form Cherniske's book, and a Doctor who worked with me, I have been able to improve my life significantly.
   The Metabolic Plan is packed with information that you can use to transform your life and understand all the medical jargon that Doctors use to evaluate your health. It is the `go to' book if you want to take charge of you health. With the information provided in The Metabolic Plan you can work better with your physician to improve your overall health.
   [...]



5. "What DHEA provides is the missing link in your longevity program. It gives you a better-than-fighting chance against the diseases that cause more than 75 percent of premature deaths." ~ pg. 8
   
   If you are over 40, you may want to consider DHEA supplementation. I'm personally taking Enzymatic Therapy's 7-KETO DHEA, "an improved metabolite of DHEA that does not convert into testosterone or estrogen." This book mainly deals with regular DHEA which may have side effects as mentioned in this book. I have a friend who has taken both regular and 7-Keto and also recommends 7-Keto. He had anger problems with the regular DHEA but no problems with the 7-Keto version.
   
   "DHEA appears to be the master switch that turns on an entire cascade of antiaging benefits throughout the body." ~ pg. 51
   
   In "The DHEA Breakthrough," Stephen Cherniske explains why you will age slower and thrive well into old age is you take DHEA. He takes a look at studies on animals and humans and comes up with some very positive results. One of the most important findings was that DHEA inhibits an enzyme required for cancer growth. DHEA also prevents and reverses the atrophy and shrinking of the thymus gland. Stephen Cherniske presents the evidence so you can decide for yourself if this is something you want to take. He also answers the following questions:
   
   Why are couch potatoes an endangered species?
   Will DHEA supplementation help me lose weight?
   Is osteoporosis really a calcium deficiency?
   How can DHEA improve bone density?
   
   "Low DHEA levels are linked to a number of killer diseases." ~ pg. 247
   
   One of the things that is not really discussed very much in this book is how DHEA can make you a little hungrier. I found this to be the case so I'm considering taking Garcinia Plus (Garcinia Cambogia Extract) 120 tabs from Source Naturals to reduce hunger.
   
   Since Stephen Cherniske takes a very balanced approach in this book, he also discusses why taking DHEA will not solve all your problems if you are extremely stressed out and not exercising. He provides a short section on exercise (walking and weight lifting) and stress-reducing activities like yoga.
   
   Stephen Cherniske's books are life changing and this one is no exception. I can also recommend The Metabolic Plan: Stay Younger Longer and Caffeine Blues: Wake Up to the Hidden Dangers of America's #1 Drug. I have followed his advice and now exercise on a regular basis and avoid caffeine. I feel great, perhaps 10 years younger than I did when I turned 40. One thing I've noticed is that I'm especially alert and when I wake up in the morning I'm no longer groggy.
   
   Please consult with your physician before taking DHEA because there are some people who should not take this supplement.
   
   ~The Rebecca Review

1 comments about Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences.

1. Don't be misled by the title. This book isn't just a physical chemistry textbook "dumbed down" for biologists and biochemists. It's true that the material is introductory, but the authors don't shy away from the fundamental mathematics and their explanations of the underlying physical and thermodynamic concepts are exceptionally clear.
   
   Further, the text moves beyond thermodynamics and kinetics (standard fare in intro p-chem) to introduce simple quantum chemistry, spectrometric theory, and approaches to biological structure determination (NMR and x-ray crystallography).
   
   This book proved invaluable in my p-chem courses and in later structural biology courses.
   
   Highly recommended for confused undergrads.

2 comments about The Organic Chemistry of Biological Pathways.

1. This book is most suitable as an organic chemistry text for biological pathway and would be valuable for undergraduate students. Each of mechanisms are well illustrated with colorful charts. To my reglet, there is no description on the nitrogen fixation. Nevertheless I recommend it as one of the valuable study-aid book.



2. This book is simply great. The scholar and very clear presentation by the authors make the subject of each chapter almost self-explanatory. The first two chapters introduce the organic reactions which are relevant in biosynthesis, stereochemistry of biological molecules and the major classes of primary metabolites. In the following chapters the authors discuss, with care and in detail, the biosynthesis of every class of primary metabolite, showing mechanisms for every single reaction. The last chapter on biosynthesis presents examples of some natural products biosynthesis (classical examples). Unfortunately, no example on the biosynthesis of phenylpropanoid derivatives is included. However, even though, the book is worth of purchase for students and teachers interested in the mechanistic aspects of primary and secondary metabolites biosynthesis.

5 comments about Principles of Biochemistry (4th Edition).

1. I am a biochemistry professor. After years of using another text I decided to try the Voet & Voet text. I was very excited about their latest edition and couldn't wait to teach with it. Unfortunately it was a disaster. There are far too many trees in Voet & Voet, and students couldn't see the forest this year. For next year I am looking at "Principles of Biochemistry" 4th edition by Horton et al.
   
   So, in response to V. Kankanala below, student perspectives in these Amazon Reviews are very useful to those of us assigning the texts.



2. This is one of the most readable texts for biochemistry on the market. It would be most useful for undergraduates and medical students. It is almost useless for graduate students in the biological sciences because it doesn't talk enough about experimental strategies. The older version of this text was much cooler because it has stereoviews. This feature makes the book stand out because the stereoviews are awesome. Whose idea was it to remove them??? This would make a good first book in biochemistry, but for upper level students I would recommend Stryer.



3. This book was adopted by my university for a senior level / first year graduate level biochemistry course. It is well written and contains no messy jargon. Literally all of the text is useful information. In addition, it is concise.
   
   My chief complaints about the book are: 1) the illustrations require substantial updating to be compared to what is presently available even in inferior texts. 2) it lacks clinical/biological correlations and focuses instead on the quantitative nature of biochemistry (acid base calculations etc) Clinical correlations are certainly essential to applying biochemistry concepts. If this book had either or both of these two items, it would have earned 5 stars from me!
   
   Instead, I recommend the following texts:
   - Biochemistry: outstanding illustrations and concept coverage.
   - Marks' Basic Medical Biochemistry: A Clinical Approach: outstanding clinical correlations with concise concept coverage and good illustrations (although not in full color)
   - Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, Fourth Edition: outstanding text and illustrations!



4. I had to purchase the book because of the General Biochemistry course that I took at school. Although it is a well-written book, it does not provide the materials that are covered in our class. I do not even know why this book is required for an upper-division general biochemistry course! In other words, the book is very superficial and does not have enough substance.
   
   Moreover, there are a lot of errors in the answer key section. You can pay slightly more and buy Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, but at least you would have something that you can learn from. I would not recommend this book.



5. It was here really quick and exactly as the orginal book except easier to carry around. GREAT PRODUCT>

5 comments about Biochemistry: Board Review Series.

1. This book is a must for any medical biochemistry class. I probably could have skipped all the required texts and just bought this.



2. It's a good to help review before a test. Not very good for intro biochemistry (amino acids, protein structures, post-translational modification, etc). Has good clinical applications.



3. This book is not bad but for Board review stick with Goljan and get the Rapid Review. For class there is not enough detail so I would stick with Lippincott's Biochemistry



4. Buy the new one. The older version (Version 3) is far inferior to the new one (Version 4). Regardless neither version was extremely helpful or relative to my class, however they might come in handy when studying for boards (I am keeping my book till then).



5. I had the misfortune of not taking medical school biochemistry in my first year, so I attempted to cram all of biochemistry in a few days using this book. The books was incredibly dense, went into the pathways in incredible detail, and was not particularly helpful for highlighting the important concepts tested on USMLE Step I. I would definitely use another book for Step I review, but I might use this if I had to take a rigorous biochemistry course.

5 comments about Principles of Physical Biochemistry (2nd Edition).

1. THIS BOOK IS A PIECE OF CRAP AND A WASTE OF TIME TO FIGURE OUT. I WOULD SUGGEST READING STUFF OFF THE INTERNET AND READING JOURNALS RATHER THAN WASTE TIME WITH THIS PIECE OF TOILET PAPER. I AM GONNA FLUNK THE CLASS CUZ OF THIS PEICE OF CRAP BOOK.

   DONT BUY THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!

   AAAHHHHH!!!!




2. I am a chem major at Duke University and we used this book in my biophysical chem class. The book is all around horrible. It doesn't introduce topics at all- just jumps right in and assumes an depth knowledge about chemistry, physics, biology. There are no sample problems worked out at all, and even though some answers are in the back of the text it's hard to know how they arrived at the answer without any examples to look at. The book is dense and difficult to read, and other books like Cantor and Schimmel are much more readable and helpful. This book presents all the topics, but still left me confused and not understanding the topics indepth enough.



3. The book offers a comprehensive review on biophysical chemistry with an emphasis on practice, although the book may not be clear for readers without good background...



4. This book was assigned as the main text in my undergraduate structural biology course. I'm not sure what the professors expected; this book does not introduce material so much as it delivers a mathematical review of each of the concepts presented (thermodynamics, structure determination, and spectroscopic techniques).
   
   Although I'm only an undergrad, I'm not sure how useful the book would be to more knowledgeable grad students. Chapters refer readers to equations found earlier in the book, making nonsequential reading a pain. Figures presenting data are taken from journal articles and their captions do a poor job of relating the data to the many equations in the text. Two professors in the course (in which different techniques were taught by different professors) commented that they found the sections of the book relating to their techniques (NMR and x-ray crystallography) confusing and poorly written.
   
   I got through the class by shelving the book and heading to the library for better written text books.
   
   If you're looking for a good introduction with a bit of math, I recommend checking out Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences by Peter Atkins, Julio de Paula. It's not as advanced, but it'll clarify Principles of Physical Biochemistry quite a bit.



5. I'm a grad student in Physical Chemistry and from my point of view a great book! I can see how many students can rate this book as negative without the proper preperation. As a matter of fact most grad. Chem(organic, inorganic, analytical....) majors found this book and course to be very difficult. Lets face it Physical Chemistry and all of its sub-disciplanes ARE mathematical. To really appreiciate this book you need to be comfortable with single & multivariabe calculus, differential equations(basic understanding of seperation of varible, understanding how the solutions are applicable to the D.E.), basic linear algebra, and basic concepts of vectors. It's not that the math is difficult but you have to be comfortable with it. In addition, you need two semesters of undergaduate P.Chem. With this preperation this book makes perfect sense! It's geared more 4 grad. students or advanced undergrads. So if your in theoretical or physical chemistry, or any other physical science this is ur book. If you dont enjoy physics and its application to chemical systems stay away but definately an addition to ur library. Cant say enough.

5 comments about Steroid Nation: Juiced Home Run Totals, Anti-aging Miracles, and a Hercules in Every High School: The Secret History of America's True Drug Addiction.

1. Shaun Assaels book steroid nation is a powerful history of how performance enhancing drugs have swept our nation. He gives fascinating details about how steroids were used as early as the 1960's by Americans. His detailed look at Venice Steroid Guru Dan Duchaine is scary at times. Being a powerlifter and an avid reader of all of the muscle magazines I found this book to be the most accurate portrayal of what's really going on in sports, both on the field, and the cover ups going on off the field. It's a MUST READ for all sports fans. So the next time some one asks you "do you think that guy is on steroids?" You'll know the answer is probably yes!!!



2. The book details the growth of steroid use by US athletes. The topic is pretty intuitively understood so there is little point in a plot summary. Instead, critical comments follow.
   
   What I liked:
   *lots of primary research
   *interesting topic
   *well-written in terms of individual sections
   
   What I disliked:
   *seemed heavily dependant on where the author had concentrated his primary research. Read more like a data dump of who he had happened to interview than an overall view of the subject.
   *Organization was a little hard to understand (sections). Also every few pages, a new location/content thread would be introduced. I know the author wanted to weave a story that was not 100% connected. And the textual use of a location header was an attempt to make it palatable to the reader. But it still didn't quite work.
   *Lack of pictures. There are no photos even though this is a nonfiction book about a drug that creates interesting physiques and although the book emphasizes personalities. Other books on this subject (Balco book, Canseco book) do have pictures. The lack of pictures is cheap and minimizes the value of the work. In contrast, the cover phote is stunningly eye-catching especially in concert with the title. The obvious implication is that some publisher/editor beancounter decided to skimp on content and spend on marketing, figuring he could drive sales at mega-bookstores. Well, Amazon reviews are a place to combat that behavioral tendancy. (And rating critical reviews as not recommended is a way to fight for that tendancy!)
   *Also would have liked it if he hunted down and talked a bit more with the "other side" (people who justify the use of the drugs). At least present a bit more detail of the viewpoint alluded to by Arnold (adults making decisions of own).
   
   Neutral, but noted:
   *Author has citations in the end, but has no notemarks in the text. I guess this is also a marketing thing as some people will put down a book with footnotes. (Like the famous quote that popular books on mathematics lose half their audience with each equation shown.) It's actually a nice compromise to include the endnotes in this alternate fashion. Good upgrade on Woodward who did not use endnotes at all in his first 2 Bush books.



3. Shaun Assael, in his book Steroid Nation*, does a great job of weaving the threads of the steroid story from its less than humble beginnings as part of the Venice Beach bodybuilding underground to the Tour de France scandal, use by NFL stars and Major League Baseball players and Olympic champions. Assael tells the story of how the Dan Duchaine, the original steroid guru, opened up Pandora's Box when he published the Underground Steroid Handbook for Men and Women in 1982, and set in motion events that were responsible for - among other things - the BALCO Labs performance-enhancing drug scandal, the drug related deaths of professional wrestlers and the creation of the multi-billion dollar dietary supplement industry.
   
   Steroid Nation* is a crazy story of mad geniuses, smugglers, drug dealers, underground gurus, self-taught chemists, deviants, narcissists, human guinea pigs, cheaters and liars. For people who have had their head in the sand with regard the steroids in sports scandal, Steroid Nation* will grab them by the scruff of their collective necks and shake them into awareness. The uninitiated will be amazed that a sociopath like Dan Duchaine could have had an influence on everything from the explosion of the use of steroids and human growth hormone to the creation of the drugs that were at the heart of the BALCO Labs scandal.
   
   The amazing thing about how performance-enhancing drugs have affected the world of recreational activities and sport, is that there is a coherent string running through the story that connects the pioneers of the movement 30 years ago - Duchaine and his contemporaries; people that nobody has really ever heard of - to some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment of the past 10 years. A business that was as underground and as seedy as any seedy underground business could ever be, affected and then turned into something public, high-tech and lucrative.
   
   Steroids, human growth hormone, creatine, androstendione, legal and illegal supplements have all been developed and used by people looking to get an edge, make some money and build a following. Steroid Nation* tells the story of how underground chemists looking for the next hot drug and supplement developed substances of dubious efficacy and that made people fortunes, while creating problems for the anti-doping movement.
   
   Steroid Nation* is a great book, a book that tells a lot of stories and a book that every sports fan should read. If you don't understand the fuss about steroids, this book will help put things into perspective. "The Juice" isn't something that just came onto the scene, and athletes haven't just started cheating over the past few years.
   
   The current performance-enhancing drug scandal didn't start with Marion Jones, Ben Johnson, BALCO Labs or Barry Bonds. The scandal started 30 years ago and has been growing the whole time, bubbling to the surface every once in a while. Read Shaun Assael's book Steroid Nation* so that you can get up to speed and understand the story that's been going on since the 1970s and that will continue to unfold in new and crazy ways as time goes by.



4. It's impossible to be a fan of sports these days and not be aware of the role that steroids play in the lives of athletes. If you listen to the athletes themselves, only a few rogue players get sucked up in the juice. But any rational human knows that the truth is something completely different. In the book Steroid Nation: Juiced Home Run Totals, Anti-aging Miracles, and a Hercules in Every High School: The Secret History of America's True Drug Addiction, Shaun Assael looks at steroid use in America from 1981 to today. You can't help but draw the conclusion that there is a vast conspiracy of silence that allows this to go on in professional and amateur sports.
   
   Contents:
   Band of Believers - 1981 - 1992: The Guru of Venice; "Zee Codes, Zey Are Missing", Mules, Threesomes, and Mom; The Running Man; Inside Job; Blow Out; The Biggest Believers
   Tapping the Vein - 1992 - 2000: Mormon Money; The Perfect Pitch; Solace and Sex; 'Cause I'm TNT, I'm Dynamite!; The King Is Dead
   Long Live The King - 2000 - Present: The Right Stuff; A Bully Pulpit; The Scientist Strikes Back; The Two Arnolds; State of the Union; This Is War; A Vicious Cycle; Growing Pains
   Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Source Notes; Index
   
   Assael goes back to the days of the Underground Steroid Handbook and Dan Duchaine. Duchaine became known as "The Guru" due to his extensive knowledge and experimentation with performance enhancing drugs. Working out of the Gold's Gym in Venice, he quickly became the go-to guy when bodybuilders wanted to get bigger and athletes needed to get stronger. While these drug sales were far from legal, the government wasn't as motivated to prosecute as they are in today's environment. But that doesn't mean that all the players were staying out of jail. Duchaine did a couple of jail stints, and his life started to slide downhill at a rapid pace as he became addicted to some of his chemical concoctions. His destructive behavior also affected his relationships with women, as ones that stayed around more than a week or two usually ended up physically wrecked in the long run.
   
   Duchaine isn't the only story in Steroid Nation, however. There are other dealers who have become front-page names, like Victor Conte from BALCO. Dealers abound both locally and internationally as the technology becomes more available and the profit potential skyrockets. The government agents, such as Don Catlin and Terry Madden, are forever fighting a battle where the criminals are usually a step or two ahead of law enforcement and the science of detection. And then there are the athletes and celebrities... Lyle Alzado, Barry Bonds, Marion Jones, Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire, Sylvester Stallone, and many others. The gap between the public image and the actual behavior is incredibly vast. Nearly all deny there are any chemical shenanigans going on, even after positive tests. And even the assertions of being clean due to no positive test results rings hollow, as the chemicals used and masking agents employed change far faster than the testing labs can be updated. And if a new substance is out there that can't be detected (think "Clear" and "Cream" from BALCO), then it may just be a matter of luck that the testing labs will ever find out.
   
   Assael writes a good story with extensive documentation. Steroid Nation is a bit slow in the beginning, as the direction of the story seems to be a bit muddled. But once I got about 50 pages in, I was completely hooked. I know that steroids are a real problem in sports. But after reading this book, I'm of the opinion that far more people are using than testing results would indicate. And while the heads of sporting leagues (and even the fans) want to believe that there's not a problem, they also don't want to go back to the days when their stars looked normal, not "larger than life".
   
   Steroid Nation will open your eyes to the true nature and extent of the problem, as well as the hypocrisy of those who would want you to believe that they are eradicating steroids and winning the war.



5. Excellent book on how steroids moved from the gym culture in California to mainstream America, from professional to high school athletics and strange way we view steroids - classifying them as dangerous drugs while giving those who make, distribute or use them little more than a slap on the wrist. I liked the personal anecdotes about the people involved, which lent a lot of color to a very throughly researched book. I'm looking forward to learning more about this topic, especially as the Beijing Olympics unfold. It will be interesting to see how the IOC handles the issue this go around.

5 comments about Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants.

1. The rigorous organization and approach to this topic results in a tremendous practical contribution to the clinicians who care for the poisoned patient.
   Thre first four sections provide detailed management guidlines and general principles for dealing with the poisoned patient. The 5th section is a beautifuly detailed description of the poisonous plants complete with sharp crisp color photographs, pertinent clinical information, and references.
   This book should be in every Emergency Department, Poison Center, and Office that gives advice to children and adults who have come in contact or ingested plants that are potentially toxic.



2. This is the book that I have been waiting to own. As a mother of young children, an avid gardener, an ethnobotanical researcher, a naturalist, and a practicing physician, I think this handbook should be on the bookshelf of every member of these professions. The information provided is practical, insightful, and accurate, and the plant photos add life to a very abstract subject. It is also a beautiful book--in handy field guide proportions with vivid photographs-- this book can go out into the field with you or grace your coffee table. I only wish that it had been published 10 years ago, because it fills a niche left empty when the AMA stopped publishing their book on poisonous plants. Worth the wait--this book is better.



3. This book fills a real void, since the publication of the first edition (in 1985 by Lampe and McCann) has long been out of print. There are over 150 species of plants discussed, detailing the description, location, toxin, toxic parts, clinical findings and management, each with a few key references. The photographs are of very high quality. Often there is more than one photograph of a particular species depicting the plant with and without flowers or perhaps a view from a distance and then a close up. This handbook is essential for all poison centers and toxicologists and would be extremely useful for any healthcare provider, botanist, or gardener who wanted to learn more about poisonous plants!



4. Hyped in NYT review. All things are toxic, including apple pits. Well, I would consider that if you chew that en mass. Pictures are a bit small. Good collection of common garden flowers.



5. A very well designed text with perfect pictures. Very good for those in the toxicology field. Thank you.

No comments about Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry.