Top Drugs: Top Synthetic Routes (Oxford Chemistry Primers)
Author: John Saunders Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA Keywords: Medicinal Drugs ISBN: 0198501005
Book description Today's top selling drugs have been uncovered from two major sources: natural products and laboratory synthesis. Those synthesised directly by medicinal chemists usually have been the result of a protracted discovery programme using a natural product (e.g. a hormone or an enzyme substrate) or a screening lead as a starting point. Many of the major categories of human disease cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, central nervous system, inflammatory and infectious diseases are included. After a short introduction to the discovery and mechanism of action of each drug, the syntheses of the best selling drugs are reviewed. Where the information exists in the literature, the original research method… |
