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UNINA9910676512503321 |
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Autore |
Sneader Walter |
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Titolo |
Drug Discovery - A History / / Walter Sneader |
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Weinheim : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2005 |
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ISBN |
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9786610241712 |
0-470-01553-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (468 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Drug development - History |
Pharmaceutical - Preparations-history |
Pharmacognosy - History |
Pharmacy - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 --. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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