An Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (870 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0198749694 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 832 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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"It is by far the best book on the market for medicinal chemistry and drug discovery." --Professor Steven Bull, University of Bath"Summarizes the chemistry of medicinal agents in a manner that easily facilitates understanding of the core principles in the context of pharmacological drug action and clinical therapeutics." --Professor John Marriott, University of Birmingham
His academic career has included positions at Leeds and Strathclyde Universities as well as the Australian National University. He completed his PhD with Professor Kirby and Professor Robins studying the biosynthesis of gliotoxin and related fungal metabolites. Graham Patrick is Lecturer in Organic Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry at the University of the West of Scotland.Dr
The book concludes with a selection of current topics in medicinal chemistry, and a discussion of various key drug groups. However for most it remains a mystery as to what happens once the drug has been taken into the body: how do the drugs actually work? Furthermore, by what processes are new drugs discovered and brought to market?An Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry, sixth edition, provides an accessible and comprehensive account of this fascinating multidisciplinary field. The book goes on to explore how drugs work at the molecular level (pharmacodynamics), and the processes involved in ensuring a drug meets its target (pharmacokinetics). The subject is brought to life throughout by engaging case studies highlighting particular drugs and the stories behind their discovery and develop
"Excellent Introductory Medical Chemistry Text" according to Customer. This text was use in an undergraduate medical chemistry course. Overall, the text is excellent at explaining the development and testing process used in the medical industry to bring new drugs to the market. If you do not have a good background in organic chemistry and possibly biochemistry, I do not recommend purchasing until you have a good understanding of the general concepts within these fields/subjects. The best way to really understand the development process is to see journal articles and other published research to get a feel for how and why certain experiments are performed and understand the FDA approval process. Th. Outstanding book I have never written a review before but this book has become a fixture in my life. It has become dog eared, marked up, highlighted, underlined - the works. To put this in perspective, I have a background and degree in computer science and am in a PhD program doing computational drug design. I had enough undergrad premed to be dangerous and to follow discussions, but my true strength was on the computational side. I bought this book to help me pick up my chemistry and biochemistry and, with all due humility, it worked like a charm. The explanations are clear and beautiful and, if you like this stuff, it's a page turner. Seriou. "You couldn't find a better book in medicinal chemistry" according to Robert. You couldn't find a better book in medicinal chemistry.It contains basic concepts but at the same time is very detailed with wonderful examples .The writing is extremely lucid and enjoyable