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Overview
Medicinal Chemistry: An Introduction, provides a comprehensive, balanced introduction to this exciting, evolving and multi-disciplinary field. Written in an accessible and readable style, this text carefully explains fundamental principles, assuming little prior knowledge of medicinal chemistry and keeps the approach as simple as possible. Focusing on the chemical principles used for drug discovery and design, it also covers human biology where relevant. The first chapter gives a broad overview of the subject with subsequent chapters examining topics in greater depth. The approach to medicinal chemistry is kept as simple as possible. Each chapter has a summary of its contents, self-assessment questions, numerous examples and applications. * Provides a comprehensive introduction to the field and written in an accessible and readable style * Assumes little prior knowledge of biology and a knowledge of chemistry to first year degree level * Includes examples, applications, problems and summary sections in each chapter This will be an invaluable introduction to students of chemistry, medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacy and pharmacology whose courses include medicinal chemistry units.Synopsis
Medicinal Chemistry, Second Edition provides a comprehensive, balanced introduction to this evolving, multi-disciplinary subject. The book carefully explains fundamental principles, assuming little in the way of prior knowledge. It opens with a broad overview of medicinal chemistry followed by chapters that cover the principal methods used in drug design and the isolation of drugs from natural sources. Subsequent chapters discuss more specialised aspects of medicinal chemistry and outline drug and analogue synthesis, development and production. Each chapter contains self-assessment questions, numerous examples and a wide variety of applications.
Building on the success of the first edition, the book has been completely redesigned to create a clearer, more logical presentation of the material. The text has been extensively revised and updated and includes two new chapters on drugs from natural sources, and drug development and production.
- Provides a comprehensive, accessible, clearly written introduction to medicinal chemistry
- Assumes little prior knowledge of biology and a familiarity with chemistry at first year level
- Includes numerous examples of drugs and drug action.
- Questions are provided at the end of each chapter with answers at the end of the book
- Completely revised and updated to include many of the latest drugs and treatments
Medicinal Chemistry, Second Edition will prove invaluable to students of chemistry, medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacy and pharmacology whose course includes medicinal chemistry units.