eBook - ePub
Medicinal Chemistry of Chemotherapeutic Agents
A Comprehensive Resource of Anti-infective and Anti-cancer Drugs
- 686 pages
- English
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eBook - ePub
Medicinal Chemistry of Chemotherapeutic Agents
A Comprehensive Resource of Anti-infective and Anti-cancer Drugs
About this book
Medicinal Chemistry of Chemotherapeutic Agents: A Comprehensive Resource of Anti-infective and Anti-cancer Drugs focuses on the basics and fundamentals of chemistry involved in chemotherapeutic agents. Each chapter comprises distinct chemical classifications that include structure and IUPAC nomenclature, synthetic schemes and routes for each drug, mechanism of the drug action, metabolic pathway and structure–activity relationship (SAR) studies. The book covers current research focused on drug resistance and methods to overcome it, the development of newer drugs belonging to each category of the chemotherapeutic agents, molecules currently under clinical trials, and newly approved drugs, if any.
This book will be a valuable resource for academics and researchers, helping them to understand the fundamentals of the medicinal chemistry of the chemotherapeutic agents.
- Includes current research focused on drug resistance and methods to overcome problems
- Outlines synthetic schemes and metabolic pathways of chemotherapeutic agents
- Discusses molecules under clinical trials and newly approved drugs
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Yes, you can access Medicinal Chemistry of Chemotherapeutic Agents by Pratap Chandra Acharya,Michio Kurosu in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Pharmacology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Chapter 1 : Introduction to chemotherapy: general and clinical considerations
- Chapter 2 : Sulfonamides, quinolones, antiseptics, and disinfectants
- Chapter 3 : β-Lactam antibiotics
- Chapter 4 : Tetracyclines and chloramphenicol
- Chapter 5 : Aminoglycoside antibiotics
- Chapter 6 : Macrolide, lincosamide, glycopeptide, and other antibacterial antibiotics
- Chapter 7 : Antitubercular drugs
- Chapter 8 : Antileprotic drugs
- Chapter 9 : Systemic and topical antifungal drugs
- Chapter 10 : Antiviral drugs and vaccines
- Chapter 11 : Antimalarial drugs
- Chapter 12 : Antiamoebic drugs
- Chapter 13 : Drugs for giardiasis, trichomoniasis, and leishmaniasis
- Chapter 14 : Vermifuge and vermicide drugs
- Chapter 15 : Synthetic cytotoxic drugs as cancer chemotherapeutic agents
- Chapter 16 : Naturally occurring anticancer drugs
- Chapter 17 : Hormones and antihormones in cancer chemotherapy
- Chapter 18 : Biologicals and small molecules as target-specific cancer chemotherapeutic agents
- Index
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