Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Sneader, Walter,

Titel

Drug Discovery - A History

Ort / Verlag

Weinheim : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The prehistoric period -- Pre-Hellenic civilisations -- Greece and Rome -- The Arab world -- Herbals -- Chemical medicines -- Systematic medicine -- Alkaloids -- Non-alkaloidal plant products -- Plant product analogues and compounds derived from them -- The origins of hormone therapy -- Neurohormones -- Peptide hormones -- Sex hormones -- Adrenal cortex hormones -- Prostaglandins -- Hormone analogues -- Vitamins -- Antimetabolites -- Blood and biological products -- Antibiotics -- Antibiotic analogues -- Pharmacodynamic agents from micro-organisms -- Analogues of pharmacodynamic agents from fungi -- The first synthetic drugs and their analogues -- Drugs originating from the screening of dyes -- Drugs originating from the screening of organic chemicals -- Drugs discovered through serendipitous observations involving humans -- Drugs discovered through serendipity in the laboratory --.
• Considers the origins, development and history of medicines that generate high media interest and have a huge social and economic impact on society. Set within a wide historical, social and cultural context, it provides expanded coverage of pre-twentieth century drugs, the huge advances made in the twentieth century and the latest developments in drug research.
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