An Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry

by Graham L. Patrick

Book Overview

Many of us think nothing of taking a painkiller to ease a headache, or to relieve the symptoms of 'flu. But how do drugs have their effect in the human body? How are new drugs discovered and designed to be as effective as possible? An Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry offers an engaging insight into the one field of chemistry that arguably has the greatest impact on our quality of life than any other. Newly structured into four parts, the book opens...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199275009
• ISBN13: 9780199275007
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 770 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 1.6" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry Review

The book I order was in perfect working condition. It gets the job done in class. One of the corners is bent back a little and the is a huge coffee circle in the middle of the cover, but I can still see all the text perfectly.

Great Book

Bought the third edition for a class and I didnt even need this one but since I read the last edition I knew this would be good as well. So far I have not been disappointed and there is a good deal of information that was not in the last edition. This book is highly recommended.

Great Purchase

The book was recieved in great condition. Timing was amazing and there was great contact between the buyer (myself) and the seller.

An Excellent Introduction to QSAR

This text has a very good chapters on QSAR (quantitative-structure activity relationship). I recommend this for the beginning scholars and students interested in QSAR for drug design.

A Good Very Basic Look at Medicinal Chemistry

This book is good in the sense that it is an easy read for anyone interested in the subject. The drawings and cartoons provide a bit of humor to the text and the writing is cloear and focused. The only drawback to the book is that the layperson does not get the full effect of the book without a very good grasp of biochemistry (hence the term layperson!). To get the real scope of the book, one would need to read a good Biochem text ( I personally suggest Lehninger, et. al. Principles of Biochemistry, 3rd ed.). A good pharmacological text would greatly enhance the reader's understanding of the subject as well (i.e. Goodman and Gilman's). Otherwise, the book does give a very brief, very good overview of many aspects of Medicinal Chemistry.