Drug Prototypes and Their Exploitation

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471948470 ISBN 13: 9780471948476

Publisher: Wiley, 1996

This indispensable work analyzes approximately 150 pharmaceuticals, revealing the key prototype drugs from which all medicinal compounds currently used are derived. A unique "tree and branch" format indicates areas of possible future development as well as areas of neglect.

From the Publisher:

This book charts the history and development of approximately 150 pharmaceuticals, presenting the initial information by listing the drug prototypes in five major groups: plant products, mammalian products, minerals, serendipitous discoveries, and agents developed from screening programs. Within each group more specific categories are defined in order to elucidate further how prototypes have been successfully exploited in the past.

Review:

"...DRUG PROTOTYPES is a splendid reference book--the clear formulae and current uses are particularly useful--and a good book to dip into." (Royal Society of Chemistry-Historical Group Newsletter, January 1998)