Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry : How Drugs Act and Why

This work brigdges the compartmentalized undergraduate organic and biochemistry and biology subjects to the pharmacology and the clinical areas a modern pharmacy practice requires.

The changes and constantly increasing responsibilities of today's pharmacist have dictated a restructuring of the pharmacy curriculum, including individual course content.

This book reflects and addresses these developments.

This is a well-written work that covers most major areas of pharmaceutical research.

The text is presented in a logical and concise fashion being divided into chapters based upon therapeutic topic.

This makes the work very useful for teaching a course in medicinal chemistry since therapeutic areas can be separately covered without having to make use of the entire book which overall contains a tremendous amount of information.

This book is a significant contribution to understanding what medicinal chemistry is and how this science is used to develop new therapeutic agents.