Medicinal Chemistry: An Introduction - Hardcover

Thomas, Gareth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471988073 ISBN 13: 9780471988076

Publisher: Wiley, 2000

Synopsis

Medicinal Chemistry: An Introduction, provides a comprehensive, balanced introduction to this exciting, evolving and multi-disciplinary field. This text assumes little prior knowledge of medicinal chemistry and keeps the approach as simple as possible. Focusing on the chemical principles used for drug discovery and design, it also covers human biology where relevant. Each chapter has a summary of its contents, self-assessment questions, numerous examples and applications.

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Medicinal Chemistry: An Introduction, provides a comprehensive, balanced introduction tot his exciting, evolving and multi-disciplinary field. Written in an accessible and readable style, this text carefully explains fundamental principles, assuming little in the way of prior knowledge. Focusing on the chemical principles used for drug discovery and design, it also covers human biology where relevant. The approach to medicinal chemistry is kept as simple as possible. Each chapter has a summary of its contents, self-assessment questions, numerous examples and applicaitons.
Medicinal Chemistry: An Introduction:
* Provides a comprehensive introduction to the field written in an accessible and readable style.
* Assumes little prior knowledge of biology and a knowledge of chemistry to first year degree level.
* Includes examples, applications, problems and summary sections in each chapter.
Medicinal Chemistry: An Introduction will be invaluable to students of chemistry, medicinal and pharmaceutical chemsitry, pharmacy and pharmacology whose courses included medicinal chemistry units.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471988073
• ISBN 13: 9780471988076
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 568