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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797122703321

Autore

Li Jie Jack

Titolo

Top drugs : history, pharmacology, syntheses / / Jie Jack Li

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-756291-4

0-19-936260-2

0-19-936259-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Classificazione

MED071000SCI013060

Disciplina

615.1

Soggetti

Drugs - History

Drugs - Design

Pharmaceutical chemistry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2015.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Top Drugs History, Pharmacology, and Syntheses; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Cardiovascular Drugs; Chapter 1: Atorvastatin Calcium (Lipitor); 1 HISTORY; 2 PHARMACOLOGY; 2.1 Mechanism of Action; 2.2 Structure-Activity Relationship; 2.3 Bioavailability, Metabolism, and Toxicology; 3 SYNTHESIS; 3.1 Discovery Route; 3.2 Process Route; 4 CONCLUDING REMARKS; 5 REFERENCES; Chapter 2: Clopidogrel Bisulfate (Plavix); 1 HISTORY; 2 PHARMACOLOGY; 2.1 Bioavailability, Metabolism, and Toxicology; 2.2 Mechanism of Action; 2.3 Structure-Activity Relationship; 3 SYNTHESIS

3.1 Discovery Route3.2 Process Route; 3.3 Synthesis of Radio-labeled API; 4 CONCLUDING REMARKS; 5 REFERENCES; Chapter 3: Amlodipine (Novasc); 1 HISTORY; 2 PHARMACOLOGY; 2.1 Mechanism of Action; 2.2 Structure-Activity Relationship; 2.3 Bioavailability, Metabolism, and Toxicology; 3 SYNTHESIS; 3.1 Discovery Route; 3.2 Process Route; 4 CONCLUDING REMARKS; 5 REFERENCES; Cancer Drugs; Chapter 4: Paclitaxel (Taxol); 1 HISTORY; 2 PHARMACOLOGY; 2.1 Mechanism of Action; 2.2 Structure-Activity Relationship; 2.3 Bioavailability, Metabolism, and Toxicology; 3 PROCESS SEMI-SYNTHESIS; 4 TOTAL



SYNTHESIS

4.1 Holton's Synthesis4.2 Nicolaou's Synthesis; 4.3 Danishefsky's Synthesis; 4.4 Wender's Synthesis; 5 CONCLUDING REMARKS; 6 REFERENCES; Chapter 5: Imatinib Mesylate (Gleevec); 1 HISTORY; 1.1 A Brief History of Cancer Drugs; 1.2 Treatments of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia; 1.3 Protein Kinase Inhibitors; 1.4 Genesis of Gleevec; 2 PHARMACOLOGY; 2.1 Mechanism of Action; 2.2 Structure-Activity Relationship; 2.3 Bioavailability, Metabolism, and Toxicology; 3 SYNTHESIS; 3.1 Discovery Synthesis; 3.2 Process Synthesis; 4 CONCLUDING REMARKS; 5 REFERENCES; Drugs for Metabolic Diseases

Chapter 6: Sitagliptin (Januvia)1 HISTORY OF DIABETES AND DIABETIC DRUGS; 1.1 Sulfonylureas; 1.2. Biguanides; 1.3 PPARγ Agonists ; 2 PHARMACOLOGY; 2.1 Mechanism of Action ; 2.2 Structure-Activity Relationship; 2.3 Bioavailability, Metabolism, and Toxicology; 3 SYNTHESES; 3.1 Discovery Synthesis; 3.2 Process/Manufacturing Synthesis; 4 CONCLUDING REMARKS; 5 REFERENCES; CNS Drugs; Chapter 7: Duloxetine Hydrochloride (Cymbalta) ; 1 HISTORY OF DEPRESSION AND ANTIDEPRESSANTS; 1.1 Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors; 1.2 Tricyclic Antidepressants; 1.3 Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

1.4 Serotonin and Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors2 PHARMACOLOGY; 2.1 Mechanism of Action; 2.2 Structure-Activity Relationship; 2.3 Bioavailability, Metabolism, and Toxicology ; 3 SYNTHESIS; 3.1 Discovery Route; 3.2 Process Route; 4 CONCLUDING REMARKS; 5 REFERENCES; Chapter 8: Olanzapine (Zyprexa) ;  1 HISTORY OF SCHIZOPHRENIA AND ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS ; 1.1 Typical Antipsychotics-The First Generation; 1.2 Atypical Antipsychotics-The Second Generation; 2 PHARMACOLOGY; 2.1 Mechanism of Action; 2.2 Structure-Activity Relationship; 2.3 Bioavailability, Metabolism, and Toxicology; 3 SYNTHESIS

3.1 Discovery Route

Sommario/riassunto

'Top Drugs' provides an in-depth study on ten prominent drugs, outlining the chemistry behind each one's creation. Jie Jack Li, a medicinal chemist and an expert on drug discovery, offers a thorough analysis of the landscape of current drug development. The comprehensive text is divided by health issues, including cardiovascular, cancer, metabolic diseases, and infectious diseases. Each section features individual chapters on significant drugs, outlining the chemistry and history of the drug's discovery.