Publisher's Synopsis
"A Textbook of Drug Design and Development" is a textbook which covers the separate, but interconnecting areas of chemistry and biology, balancing pharmacological, biochemical and chemical aspects. This book should prove a valuable source of information for students of chemistry, pharmaccology, pharmacy, medicinal chemistry, medicine and biochemistry from undergraduate to postdoctoral levels.;The book starts with an overview of drug discovery, and follows drug design and development from the initial relationship between structure and biological activity of the novel compound, to the extensive toxicological studies required on the final drug. genetic engineering is also covered, as an increasinly important technique in drug related research, as is the development and use of prodrugs, as a versatile technique to improve drug delivery.
