Medicinal Chemistry: A Look at How Drugs Are Discovered

By A.K. Ganguly and Sesha Sridevi Alluri

Book Overview

This book on Medicinal Chemistry is written for those who are interested in learning how drugs are discovered. Compared to other books on the market, this text takes a different approach, by presenting the subject on chemical reaction mechanisms terms, which ideally makes the subject matter more interesting and easier to comprehend. The authors describe the drug discovery process, from advancing an initial lead to the approval process, and include sources from where drugs are discovered.

Additional features include:

Explains medicinal chemistry on chemical mechanism terms, allowing for a more interesting and easier to comprehend text.

Includes valuable insights towards the various pathways taken at the pharmaceutical industries in drug discoveries.

Improved by including questions raised and suggestions made from students in the authors' medicinal chemistry class.

　

This book will benefit both upper level undergraduates and graduates who are studying in the fields of medicinal chemistry and drug discovery, as well as scientists who are working in the pharmaceutical industry.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032017538
• ISBN13: 9781032017532
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 108 Pages