TY - BOOK AU - Taylor,J.B. AU - Kennewell,P.D. AU - Kennewell,P.D. TI - Modern medicinal chemistry T2 - Ellis Horwood series in pharmaceutical technology SN - 9780135903995 (pbk) : U1 - 615.1 TAY PY - 1993/// CY - New York, London PB - Ellis Horwood KW - Pharmaceutical chemistry KW - Biotechnology KW - thema KW - Chemistry KW - Pharmacology KW - Chemistry, Pharmaceutical KW - Pharmacokinetics KW - Drugs N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-285) and index; Definitions -- Drug development -- Scene today -- Major processes of drug action -- Pharmaceutical phase -- Introduction to biopharmaceutics -- Physicochemical principles -- Formulation science -- Routes of administration of medicines -- Controlled release dosage forms -- Pharmacokinetic phase -- Absorption processes -- Distribution -- Clearance -- Sites of drug metabolism -- Biotransformation -- Metabolic pathways -- Pharmacodynamic phase -- Cell structures -- Cell membrane -- Receptor theories -- Types of binding in drug-receptor interactions -- Use of radio-labelled ligands -- Isolation of receptors -- Primary and secondary messengers -- Intracellular proteinaceous receptors -- DNA as a receptor -- Enzymes -- Drug discovery processes -- Sources of lead structures -- Macromolecular targets for drug design -- Computational chemistry -- Computer graphics -- Modelling drug-receptor interactions -- Drug design methods -- Applications of drug design techniques -- Optimisation of lead structures N2 - An introduction to medicinal chemistry including computing and other modern techniques. The main objective of medicinal chemistry is the design and synthesis of new medicines, and this book covers widely this rapidly developing and important field of chemistry ER -