Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism in Drug Design

by Raimund Mannhold, Han van de Waterbeemd, Hugo Kubinyi, et al.

The medical benefits of a drug are not only dependent on its biological effect, but also on its life cycle within the organism - from its absorption into the blood, distribution to tissue until its eventual breakdown or excretion by the liver and kidneys. Here, the authors, all of them employed at Pfizer in the discovery and development of new active substances, discuss the significant parameters and processes important for the absorption, distribution...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3527313680
• ISBN13: 9783527313686
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
• Length: 187 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.6"