Medicinal & Pharmaceutical Chemistry Books

New and Published Books

1. Chemistry of Natural Products

   A Laboratory Handbook

   By N R Krishnaswamy

   This book is a companion to Chemistry of Natural Products: A Unified Approach, Second Edition. It contains a judicious mix of both spectroscopic and chemical methods of characterisation of natural products. The main objective is to provide students with experimental details for the successful...

   Published February 14th 2012 by CRC Press
2. Methods for Studying Nucleic Acid/Drug Interactions

   Edited by Meni Wanunu, Yitzhak Tor

   Since most therapeutic efforts have been predominantly focused on pharmaceuticals that target proteins, there is an unmet need to develop drugs that intercept cellular pathways that critically involve nucleic acids. Progress in the discovery of nucleic acid binding drugs naturally relies on the...

   Published December 19th 2011 by CRC Press
3. Obstructive Airway Diseases

   Role of Lipid Mediators

   Edited by Abhijit Ray, Punit Kumar Srivastava

   Incidences of inflammatory airway diseases are on the rise across the world. Existing therapeutic options are ineffective, unsafe, and expensive, and severe cases are nonresponsive to conventional therapy. Therefore, it is imperative that research be undertaken to discover new treatment options....

   Published November 27th 2011 by CRC Press
4. Anticancer Agents from Natural Products, Second Edition

   Edited by Gordon M. Cragg, David G. I. Kingston, David J. Newman

   The approach to drug discovery from natural sources has yielded many important new pharmaceuticals inaccessible by other routes. In many cases the isolated natural product may not be an effective drug for any of several reasons, but it nevertheless may become a drug through chemical modification or...

   Published October 9th 2011 by CRC Press
5. Herbal Medicines

   Development and Validation of Plant-derived Medicines for Human Health

   Edited by Giacinto Bagetta, Marco Cosentino, Marie Tiziana Corasaniti, Shinobu Sakurada

   Series: Clinical Pharmacognosy

   The deregulation of dietary supplements and natural products marketing by the FDA has widened the natural products market in Europe and worldwide. Whilst the discussion about the validity of the plant approach to nutrition and diseases treatment continues, the explosion of the use of whatever is...

   Published September 27th 2011 by CRC Press
6. Carbohydrate Chemistry

   Proven Synthetic Methods, Volume 1

   Edited by Pavol Kováč

   Series: Carbohydrate Chemistry

   Long gone are the days when synthetic publications included parallel preparative experiments to document reproducibility of the experimental protocols and when journals required such documentation. The new Proven Synthetic Methods Series addresses concerns to chemists regarding irreproducibility of...

   Published September 21st 2011 by CRC Press
7. Structural Glycobiology

   Edited by Elizabeth Yuriev, Paul A. Ramsland

   Published July 30th 2011 by CRC Press
8. Transdermal and Intradermal Delivery of Therapeutic Agents

   Application of Physical Technologies

   By Ajay K Banga

   Skin, once thought to be an impenetrable barrier, is an extremely active organ capable of interacting with its environment. Advancements in science combined with the need for diverse drug delivery modalities have introduced a variety of transdermal and intradermal products for existing drugs at a...

   Published May 15th 2011 by CRC Press
9. Dermatokinetics of Therapeutic Agents

   Edited by S. Narasimha Murthy

   Novel drug delivery technologies strive to bypass challenging biological layers to elicit desired pharmacological activity. The skin, one of our key defensive barriers, allows certain topically applied substances and toxins to pass. The dermatokinetics of a drug determines the efficacy of...

   Published April 14th 2011 by CRC Press
10. Handbook of Analysis of Oligonucleotides and Related Products

    Edited by Jose V. Bonilla, G. Susan Srivatsa

    Oligonucleotides represent one of the most significant pharmaceutical breakthroughs in recent years, showing great promise as diagnostic and therapeutic agents for malignant tumors, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, viral infections, and many other degenerative disorders. The Handbook of Analysis...

    Published February 22nd 2011 by CRC Press