Macrolide Antibiotics, Second Edition: Chemistry, Biology, and Practice - Softcover

9780124113046: Macrolide Antibiotics, Second Edition: Chemistry, Biology, and Practice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0124113044 ISBN 13: 9780124113046

Publisher: Academic Press, 2012

Macrolide Antibiotics: Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Practice, Second Edition explores the discovery of new macrolide antibiotics, their function, and their clinical use in diseases such as cancer, AIDS, cystic fibrosis and pneumonia. This book discusses the creation of synthetic macrolides and the mechanisms of antibiotic activity. The uses for antimicrobial macrolides in clinical practice are also covered. This book is designed to appeal to both the basic and applied research communities interested in microbiology, bacteriology, and antibiotic/antifungal research and treament.

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About the Author:

Satoshi Omura, The Kitasato Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Review:

"...will be of use to students, clinicians, applied and basic scientists, and physicians. Scientists devoted to the study of secondary metabolites will especially welcome this new coverage of an important group of compounds by a leader in the field."
-(2003)

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