Drug Discovery: A History is a far cry from simply a list of chemical structures.
Drug Discovery: A History considers the origins, development and history of medicines that generate high media interest and have a huge social and economic impact on society.
Set within a wide historical, social and cultural context, it provides expanded coverage of pre-twentieth century drugs, the huge advances made in the twentieth century and the latest developments in drug research.
Features:
- Up-to-the-minute information in drug research
- Vignettes of special and unusual information, and anecdotes
- Discusses drug prototypes from all sources
- More comprehensive than other volumes on history of drug discovery
Contents:
- Introduction
- The Prehistoric Period
- Pre-Hellenic Civilisations
- Greece and Rome
- The Arab World.Chapter 6 Herbals
- Chemical Medecines
- Systematic Medicine
- Alkaloids
- Non-Alkaloid Plant Products
- Plant Product Analogues and Compounds Derived From Them
- The Origins Of Hormone Therapy
- Neurohormones
- Peptide Hormones
- Sex Hormones
- Adrenal Cortex Hormones
- Prostaglandins
- Hormone Analogues
- Vitamins
- Antimetabolites
- Blood and Biological Products
- Antibiotics
- Antibiotic Analogues
- Pharmacodynamic Agents from Microorganisms
- Analogues of Pharmacodynamic Agents from Fungi
- The First Synthetic Drugs and Their Analogues
- Drugs Originating from the Screening of Dyes
- Drugs Originating from the Screening of Organic Chemicals
- Drugs Discovered through Serendipitous Observations Involving Humans
- Drugs Disocvered through Serendipity in the Laboratory
- Concluding Remarks
Index
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