Molecules and Medicine provides a completely integrated look at chemistry, biology, drug discovery, and medicine.

Molecules and Medicine covers the discovery, application, and mode of action of more than one hundred of the most significant molecules now in use in modern medicine. Molecule structures and shapes are shown for all of these medicines. The opening sections of the book provide a unique, clear, and concise introduction which enables the reader to understand chemical formulas.

Contents

Part I: Introduction

• Understanding structural diagrams of organic molecules
• Some common molecules
• Proteins and three-dimensional protein structure
• Some of the protein structures that appear in this book

Part II: Inflammatory, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases

• Anti-inflammatory agents
• Antiasthmatic and antiallergic agents
• Type 2 diabetes
• Antidiabetic and cholesterol-lowering agents
• Cardiovascular agents
• Receptors and signaling

Part III

• Reproductive medicine
• Osteoporosis
• Glaucoma and antiulcer agents

Part IV

• Autoimmune disease and organ transplant Infectious diseases

Part V: Malignant Disease

Part VI: Drugs Acting on the Nervous System

Glossary
Index

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