This book is part of the LWW India publishing program. This program is developed for the Indian market working with Indian authors who are the foremost experts in their respective fields. Our Indian authors do research and teach at the most respected Indian medical schools and academic hospitals. This book is written for medical students on the basis of the revised syllabus.The details are presented in a clear and simple form, maintaining the continuity of metabolic reactions in the discussion in every chapter. Emphasis is laid on the integration and regulation of the various aspects of metabolism in appropriate places, in a friendly manner. Care has been taken to orient the subject with clinical background wherever necessary.