Introduction to medicinal chemistry: how drugs act and why

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Choice Reviews Online · 1998 · 103 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

Basic Considerations of Drug Activity. Mechanisms of Drug Action. Drug Metabolism and Inactivation. Anticancer Drugs and Their Mechanism of Action. Analgetics and Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Agents. Antimicrobial Drugs I. Antimicrobial Drugs II. Drugs Affecting Cholinergic Mechanisms. Drugs Affecting Adrenergic Mechanisms. Drugs and the Cardiovascular Diseases. Drugs and the Cardiovascular Diseases II. Psychoactive Drugs--Chemotherapy of the Mind. Histamine Antagonists and Local Anesthetics. Steroids. New Developments and New Problems. Index.