Book Description

This textbook of Medicinal Chemistry is useful for all the disciplines, course and programs related to medicinal chemistry that involves the integration of principles of medicinal chemistry with pharmacology, pharmaceutics, and therapeutics into a multi-semester course called pharmacodynamics, pharmacotherapeutics, or another similar name. But this book is more precise for students of pharmaceutical sciences, with special emphasis on syllabus prescribed by Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) for undergraduate students of all Indian Universities. The chapters of this textbook include a combination of principles of pharmacology and medicinal chemistry, necessary for understanding structure–activity relationships (SAR) and mechanisms of drug action (MOA), the book should be useful in supporting courses in medicinal chemistry and in complementing pharmacology courses. The authors of this textbook of Medicinal Chemistry III are pharmacy professionals, and are influenced by respective academic backgrounds, with the objective of continuing the tradition of a modern textbook for undergraduate students and also for graduate students who need a general review of medicinal chemistry. We believe that our collaboration on this textbook represents a blending of our perspectives that will provide new dimensions of appreciation and better understanding for students of pharmaceutical sciences. Finally in writing this multi-authored textbook we have tried to simplify with consistent style in the respective chapters.