Wiley-Blackwell Medicinal Chemistry: An Introduction

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. Review "This is a valuable and generally high–quality addition to the collection of introductory medicinal chemistry textbooks..." ––Times Higher Educational Supplement, 20th April 2001 "as a general introduction it will prove very useful to students." –– Natural Products Reports, Vol. 18/2, 2001 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. From the Back Cover 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.