Drug Discovery - A History / / Walter Sneader

• Autore: Sneader Walter
• Pubblicazione: Weinheim : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (468 pages)
• Disciplina: 615.19
• Soggetto topico: Drug development - History; Pharmaceutical - Preparations-history; Pharmacognosy - History; Pharmacy - History
• Nota di contenuto: 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 --.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo abbreviato (Periodici): DRUG DISCOVERY
• Titolo autorizzato: Drug Discovery - A History
• ISBN: 9786610241712; 0-470-01553-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910676512503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II