Smith and Williams' Introduction to the Principles of Drug Design and Action - No Cost Library

Smith and Williams' Introduction to the Principles of Drug Design and Action - 4th Edition

   Author(s): H. John Smith, Hywel Williams  

        Publisher: CRC Press, Year: 2005   

                                        

 Description: 

Advances in knowledge and technology have revolutionized the drug development process , allowing drugs to be designed for a given target or illness. Building on the foundation laid down in the previous three editions, Smith and Williams' Introduction to the Drug Design and Action Principles, Fourth Edition includes the latest information on topics such as gene therapy, computer-aided design and molecular techniques including proteomics. The author explores the discovery of lead compounds and their manipulation in the production of non-toxic, metabolically stable drug candidates that will interact with target receptors in a predicted fashion using real-world examples that illustrate the principles of drug design.

See what's new in Edition Four:

Updates and broadens the content completely

Coverage of agonists and Neuro-transmitter antagonists

Design information regarding stable peptide-like drugs

The human genome and its implications for drug discovery and growth

Advances in Pharmacokinetics and Therapy

The book provides a thorough grounding in rational drug design by adopting a "from the bench to the marketplace" approach. It underlines principles and elucidates a basic drug design structure within which current and, more significantly, potential drugs will suit.

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