More student-friendly edition. • Content has been made lesser in this textbook. • 30% of the needless content has been reduced to end the burden of extra details from the average students. • Remarkable improvement in the readability of the book with a use of increased font size. • Chapters on clinical chemistry have been extensively updated. • Major attraction is the incorporation of clinical case studies in almost all chapters to identify clinical relevance of Biochemistry. • Clinically relevant points are added in most of the chapters. • Covers advances made in the area of molecular biology during past few years. • Essay questions, short notes, multiple choice questions and viva voce type questions are given at the end of almost every chapter, ideal for last-minute preparation of examinations.