Description
This valuable new book, Handbook of Research on Medicinal Chemistry: Innovations and Methodologies, presents some of the latest advancements in the various fields of combinatorial chemistry, drug discovery, biochemical aspects, pharmacology of medicinal agents, current practical problems, and nutraceuticals.
The editors keep the drug molecule as the central component of the volume and aim to explain the associated features essential to exhibiting pharmacological activity. With a unique combination of chapters in biology, clinical aspects, biochemistry, synthetic chemistry, medicine and technology, the volume provides broad exposure to the essential aspect of pharmaceuticals.
The volume many important aspects of medicinal chemistry, including
- techniques in drug discovery
- pharmacological aspects of natural products
- chemical mediators: druggable targets
- advances in medicinal chemistry
The field of medicinal chemistry is growing at an unprecedented pace, and this volume takes an interdisciplinary approach, covering a range of new research and new practices in the field. The volume takes into account the latest therapeutic guidelines put forward by the World Health Organization and the U.S Food and Drug Administration..
Topics include:
- drug design
- drug discovery
- natural products and supplements and nutraceuticals
- pharmaceutical approaches to sexual dysfunction
- drug resistance parasites
- new natural compounds and identification of new targets
- stereochemistry aspects in medicinal chemistry
- common drug interactions in daily practices
Handbook of Research on Medicinal Chemistry: Innovations and Methodologies will be a valuable addition to the bookshelves of pharmaceutical scientists and faculty as well as for industry professionals.
Table of Contents
Combinatorial Chemistry: Role in Lead Discovery
Premlata K. Ambre, Anish N. Gomatam, Santosh Nandan, and Evans C. Coutinho
Advanced Techniques in Bimolecular Simulations
Anirudh V. Belubbi and Elvis A. F. Martis
Retrometabolic Drug Design
Nirzari Gupta
Insight Into The Pharmacological Potentials of Camellia sinensis Linn.
Prabodh Chander Sharma, Amit Yadav, Archana Sharma and Aakash Deep
Pharmaceutical Importance of Natural Aphrodisiac Drugs
Ram Kumar Sahu and Amit Roy
Serotonin: Chemical, Biological and Therapeutic Aspects
Bibhudatta Mishra and Gunjan Joshi
Eicosanoids: Constitution and Pathophysiological Functions
Gunjan Joshi
Development of Antimalarial Drug Analogues to Combat Plasmodium Resistance
Shivani Sharma, Aakash Deep, Manav Malhotra and Balasubramanian Narasimhan
Chemistry and Pharmacology of Β-Lactam Analogues
Ankur Vaidya and Shweta Jain
General Anaesthetics
T. N. V. Ganesh Kumar
Stereochemical Aspects in Medicinal Chemistry
Sidhartha S. Kar
Pharmaceutical Interactions in Drug Practices
Sachinkumar Patil, Shitalkumar Patil, Sudha Kharade and Dipali Kamble
