TY - BOOK AU - Johnson,Douglas S. AU - Li,Jie Jack TI - The art of drug synthesis SN - 978-0-471-75215-8 PY - 2007/// CY - Hoboken PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Química farmacéutica KW - Medicamentos KW - Diseño N1 - Indice analítico; Bibliografía N2 - The Art of Drug Synthesis illustrates how chemistry, biology, pharmacokinetics, and a host of other disciplines come together to produce successful medicines. The authors have compiled a collection of 21 representative categories of drugs, from which they have selected as examples many of the best-selling drugs on the market today. An introduction to each drug is provided, as well as background to the biology, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, and drug metabolism, followed by a detailed account of the drug synthesis.. Edited by prominent scientists working in drug discovery for Pfizer. Meets the needs of a growing community of researchers in pharmaceutical R&D. Provides a useful guide for practicing pharmaceutical scientists as well as a text for medicinal chemistry students. An excellent follow-up to the very successful first book by these editors, Contemporary Drug Synthesis, but with all new therapeutic categories and drugs discussed; Índice: The role of medicinal chemistry in drug discovery. Process research: how much? How soon?. I. Cancer and infectious diseases. II. Cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. III. Central nervous system diseases. Index ER -