The Organic Chemistry of Drug Design and Drug Action

Standard medicinal chemistry courses and texts are organized by classes of drugs with an emphasis on descriptions of their biological and pharmacological effects. This book represents a new approach based on physical organic chemical principles and reaction mechanisms that allow the reader to extrap...

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Main Author: Silverman, Richard B. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA Elsevier Academic Press 2004
Edition:Second Edition
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Summary:Standard medicinal chemistry courses and texts are organized by classes of drugs with an emphasis on descriptions of their biological and pharmacological effects. This book represents a new approach based on physical organic chemical principles and reaction mechanisms that allow the reader to extrapolate to many related classes of drug molecules. The Second Edition reflects the significant changes in the drug industry over the past decade, and includes chapter problems and other elements that make the book more useful for course instruction.
Physical Description:xix, 617 pages, [12] pages of plates illustrations (some color) 27 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0126437327