Key readings

 Books 

1.Vasudevan D.M (2016). Textbook of Biochemistry for Medical Students. 8th ed. Jaypee. ISBN 978-93-85999-74-1  

2. Mary K. Campbell, Shawn O. Farrel (2012). Biochemistry, 7th ed. Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-1-111-42564-7 

3. Damodaran, S., Parkin, K. L., and Fennema, O.R. (2008) Fennema’s Food Chemistry 4th Edition, CRC Press

4. Barbara A. Bowman and Robert M. Russell. 2006. Present Knowledge in Nutrition Volumes I and II. 9th edition.

5. Robert K. Murray, Daryl K. Granner (2006). Harper's illustrated biochemistry. 27th ed. McGraww-Hill. ISBN 13:978-007-125300-0 

6. Martha Stipanuk. 2006. Biochemical, Physiological & Molecular Aspects of Human Nutrition. Elsevier & Saunders 

7. Sareen S Gropper, Jack L. Smith, James L. Groff. Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism. 2005. Thomson/Wadswoth. Belmont, CA 

8. Genevieve L. Christen and Scott J. Smith. 2000. Food Chemistry: Principles and Applications. 

Journals

Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, access to journals on Hinari website, Medline and other scientific websites

Key websites and on-line resources

Electronic references:  Students are expected to use internet extensively. 

All information found in these lectures on proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, vitamins and hormones can be found on internet on the following resources. These lectures and teaching materials are available on UR Moodle ELearning platform (https://elearning.ur.ac.rw) and students are requested to use it extensively.

Google, Google scholar articles, https://en.m.wikipedia.org>wiki>;

 https://med.libretexts.org; https://www.sciencedirect.com

https://faculty.atu.edu/cbrucker/Engl2053/Samples/hjh03.htm

https://www.brianmac.co.uk/minerals.htm

https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002471.htm

“https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/water-you-water-and-human-body?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects

https://www.nestle-waters.com/learn-about-water/general-needs/ “https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_water/calculation 

Hinari research for health website, and other recommended scientific websites.