本教材的编写是为了适合我国医学生对生物化学和分子生物学英语教科书的需要。考虑到目前我国大多数医学院校在教学中使用人民卫生出版社出版的《生物化学》和《医学分子生物学》中文教材，本书的内容主要与这些教材的课堂讲授知识相对应，涵盖了我国医学院校学生需要学习的生物化学和分子生物学的主要知识内容。本书主要适合医学院校五年制、七年制和八年制学生在全英语教学或双语教学中作为英文教科书使用，亦适合中文教学班的任课教师作为教学参考书；同时，本书对于研究生和临床医生也是一本有用的参考书。

Part 1 Structure and Function of Proteins
Chapter 1 Amino Acids
Chapter 2 Peptides
Chapter 3 Proteins
Chapter 4 Myoglobin and Hemoglobin
Chapter 5 Plasma Proteins
Part 2 Nucleotides and Vitamins
Chapter 6 Nucleotides
Chapter 7 Vitamins
Part 3 Enzymes
Chapter 8 General Properties of Enzymes
Chapter 9 Mechanism of Action of Enzymes and Coenzymes
Chapter 10 Kinetics of Enzymatic Reactions
Chapter 11 Regulation of Enzyme Activity
Part 4 Biological Oxidation
Chapter 12 Biological Oxideation
Chapter 13 The Respiratory Chain and Qxidative Phosphorylation
Chapter 14 Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle
Part 5 Metabolism of Carbohydrates
Chapter 15 Overview of Carbohydrates Metabolism
Chapter 16 Glycolysis and the Oxidation of Pyruvate
Chapter 17 The Pentose Phosphate Pathway
Chapter 18 Metabolism of Glycogen
Chapter 19 Gluconeogenesis
Chapter 20 Control of the Blood Glucose
Chapter 21 Carbohydrates Metabolism in Mature Red Blood Cells
Part 6 Metabolism of Lipids
Part 7 Catabolism of Proteins
Part 8 Metabolism of Nucleotides
Part 9 Metabolism of Nonnutritive Substances
Part 10 Regulation of Metabolism and Metabolic Interrelationships of Substances
Part 11 Gene and Genome
Part 12 Flow of Genetic Information
Part 13 Cell Communication and Signal Transduction
Part 14 Basic Technology in Molecular Biology
Part 15 Gene and Disease
References
Index