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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460528603321

Titolo

General and molecular pharmacology : principles of drug action / / edited by Francesco Clementi [and six others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-118-76868-X

1-118-76859-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (2938 p.)

Disciplina

615.1/9

Soggetti

Pharmaceutical chemistry

Molecular biology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; TABLE OF CONTENTS; TITLE PAGE; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACOLOGY; 1 ESSENTIAL LEXICON OF PHARMACOLOGY; THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF PHARMACOLOGY; ESSENTIAL LEXICON; TAKE-HOME MESSAGE; 2 A SHORT HISTORY OF PHARMACOLOGY; BIRTH AND HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF PHARMACOLOGY; MODERN PHARMACOLOGY; THE BIOTECHNOLOGY ERA AND THE PHARMACOLOGY IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM; TAKE-HOME MESSAGE; FURTHER READING; SECTION 2: GETTING THE DRUG TO ITS SITE OF ACTION; 3 CELLULAR BASIS OF PHARMACOKINETICS; A QUICK JOURNEY WITH THE DRUG IN THE BODY; CROSSING CELL MEMBRANES

DRUG DIFFUSION TO ORGANS AND TISSUES TAKE-HOME MESSAGE; FURTHER READING; 4 DRUG ABSORPTION AND ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; GENERAL RULES ABOUT DRUG ABSORPTION RATE; ENTERAL ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION; SYSTEMIC PARENTERAL ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION; OTHER ROUTES OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ABSORPTION KINETICS; TAKE-HOME MESSAGE; FURTHER READING; 5 DRUG DISTRIBUTION AND ELIMINATION; DISTRIBUTION; ELIMINATION; RENAL EXCRETION OF DRUGS; HEPATIC EXCRETION AND



ENTEROHEPATIC CYCLE; TAKE-HOME MESSAGE; FURTHER READING; 6 DRUG METABOLISM; METABOLIC MODIFICATION OF DRUG ACTIVITY; TWO PHASES OF DRUG METABOLISM

EXTRAHEPATIC BIOTRANSFORMATIONS PHARMACOMETABOLIC INDUCTION AND INHIBITION; TAKE-HOME MESSAGE; FURTHER READING; 7 CONTROL OF DRUG PLASMA CONCENTRATION; TIME COURSE OF DRUG PLASMA CONCENTRATION FOLLOWING A SINGLE ADMINISTRATION; DRUGS DISTRIBUTE TO ORGANS AND TISSUES AND THEN ARE ELIMINATED; DRUG PLASMA CONCENTRATION TIME COURSE DURING REPETITIVE ADMINISTRATIONS; MULTICOMPARTMENTAL KINETICS; CORRECTIONS OF THE THERAPEUTIC REGIMEN; TAKE-HOME MESSAGE; FURTHER READING; SECTION 3: RECEPTORS AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; 8 DRUG-RECEPTOR INTERACTIONS: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ASPECTS

GENERAL PROPERTIES OF DRUG RECEPTORS CHARACTERISTICS OF DRUG-RECEPTOR INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF DRUG EFFECTS: DOSE-RESPONSE CURVES; FROM DRUG-RECEPTOR INTERACTION TO DRUG RESPONSE; TAKE-HOME MESSAGE; FURTHER READING; 9 RECEPTORS AND MODULATION OF THEIR RESPONSE; CLASSES OF RECEPTORS AND STRATEGIES OF SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CONTROL OF RECEPTOR LOCALIZATION IN THE CELL MEMBRANE; INTRACELLULAR TRAFFIC OF CELL RECEPTORS; MODULATION OF RECEPTOR RESPONSES; RECEPTOR MODULATION BY DRUGS; TAKE-HOME MESSAGE; FURTHER READING; 10 ADAPTATION TO DRUG RESPONSE AND DRUG DEPENDENCE

MOLECULAR, CELLULAR, AND SYSTEMIC ADAPTATION DRUG ADDICTION AS A PARADIGM OF ALLOSTATIC ADAPTATION; THERAPY FOR DRUG DEPENDENCE; TAKE-HOME MESSAGE; FURTHER READING; 11 PHARMACOLOGICAL MODULATION OF POSTTRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SUMOylation; UBIQUITINATION; GLYCOSYLATION; ACETYLATION; HYDROXYLATION; CARBOXYLATION; METHYLATION; S-NITROSYLATION; DISULFIDE BONDS; LIPID MODIFICATIONS; PHARMACOLOGICAL MODULATION OF POST TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS; TAKE-HOME MESSAGE; FURTHER READING; 12 CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS WITHIN THE CELLS; THE CYTOSOL: A CROSSROAD OF Ca2+ FLUXES

THE PLASMA MEMBRANE: CHANNELS, PUMPS, AND TRANSPORTERS

Sommario/riassunto

With a focus on functional relationships between drugs and their targets, this book covers basic and general pharmacology, from a cellular and molecular perspective, with particular attention to the mechanisms of drug action - the fundamental basis for proper clinical use- without neglecting clinical application, toxicology and pharmacokinetics. Covers cell and molecular pharmacology, bringing together current research on regulation of drug targets, at a level appropriate for advanced undergrad and graduate students Discusses the relevance of pharmacokinetics and drug development