Medicinal Chemistry: An Introduction

by Gareth Thomas

Medicinal Chemistry: An Introduction, provides a comprehensive, balanced introduction to this exciting, evolving and multi-disciplinary field. This text assumes little prior knowledge of medicinal chemistry and keeps the approach as simple as possible. Focusing on the chemical principles used for drug discovery and design, it also covers human biology where relevant. Each chapter has a summary of its contents, self-assessment questions, numerous examples and applications.

568 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2000