H. John Smith, Hywel Williams

Smith and Williams' Introduction to the Principles of Drug Design and Action

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Advances in knowledge and technology have revolutionized the process of drug development. This book includes the information on topics such as gene therapy, computer-aided design, and molecular techniques including proteomics. It emphasizes principles and elucidates a framework for basic drug design.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 4 ed
• Seitenzahl: 682
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 181mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1442g
• ISBN-13: 9780415288774
• ISBN-10: 0415288770
• Artikelnr.: 21347703

Autorenporträt

H. John Smith, Hywel Williams

Inhaltsangabe

Processes of Drug Handling by the Body. The Design of Drug Delivery
Systems. Fundamental Pharmacokinetics. Intermolecular Forces and Molecular
Modeling. Drug Chirality and its Pharmacological Consequences. Quantitative
Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR) in Drug Design. Prodrugs. From
Program Sanction to Clinical Trials: A Partial View of the Quest for
Arimidex, A Potent, Selective Inhibitor of Aromatase. Design of Enzyme
Inhibitors as Drugs. Peptide Drug Design. Combinatorial Chemistry: A Tool
for Drug Discovery. Recombinant DNA Technology: Monoclonal Antibodies. The
Human Genome and its Impact on Drug Discovery and Therapy. The Chemotherapy
of Cancer. Neurotransmitters, Agonists, and Antagonists. Design of
Antibacterial, Antifungal, and Antiviral Agents. Pharmaceutical
Applications of Bioinorganic Chemistry. Index.