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Molecules and Medicine

E.J. Corey, John Wiley & Sons, 2007, 272 pp., soft cover

• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-26096-8
• UNSPSC Code: 55101509

Properties

• publication info: E.J. Corey, John Wiley & Sons, 2007, 272 pp., soft cover
• manufacturer/tradename: Wiley

Description

General description

This book provides, for the first time ever, a completely integrated look at chemistry, biology, drug discovery, and medicine. This book delves into the discovery, application, and mode of action of more than one hundred of the most significant molecules now used in modern medicine. With focus on the most important and commonly used medicines such as anti-clotting agents, antibiotics, Viagra and anti-malarial and antidepressant drugs, coverage includes the condition it treats, the summary of its industrial development, the year put into practice, the biological target for the medicine, the human proteins related to the disease, the metabolism or action of the condition treated, and interacting side effects and related drugs.

Table of Contents

PART I
Introduction
Understanding structural diagrams of organic molecules
Some common molecules
Proteins and three dimensional protein structure
Some of the protein structures that appear in this book
PART II
INFLAMMATORY, CARDIOVACULAR AND METABOLIC DISEASES
Anti-inflammatory agents
Antiasthmatic and Antiallergeric agents
Type 2 Diabetes
Antidiabetic and cholesterol lowering agents
Cardiovascular agents
Receptors and Signaling
PART III:
Reproductive Medicine
Osteoporosis
Glaucoma and Antiulcer agents
PART IV
Autoimmune Disease and Organ Transplant
Immunosuppressive agents
Infectious Diseases
Antibiotics
Antiviral agents
Antimalarial and Antiparasitic agents
APRT V
Malignant Disease
An overview of Cancer
PART VI
Drugs acting on the Nervous system
Pain and analgesia
Hypnotics (Insomnia) and Antismoking
Neurodegenerative and Psychiatric diseases
Antiepileptic agents
Antianxiety agents
Antidepressanes
Antipsychotics
Index