This book has been designed to serve the needs of pharmacology students as an introductory manual on the field of medicinal or pharmaceutical chemistry. Written to meet the challenges of the ever changing curricula of medicinal chemistry course, it focuses on providing readers with a grasp over the fundamentals of medicinal chemistry, with a focus on the drug development process from the perspective of the pharmacist as a therapeutic clinical consultant, rather than as a mere chemist. Beginning with the fundamental principles of chemistry, biology and biochemistry, which underlie the medicinal chemistry field, it undertakes a look at these principles to understand the properties, mode of action, therapeutic applications, and limitations of various pharmaceutical agents. In addition, it also analyses the challenges posed by new diseases, and the trends and advances in the field taking place currently. The comprehensive and lucid content of the book, combined with its relevant and up-to-date information, serves well for all the readers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Akhilesh K. Verma
Dr. Akhilesh Kumar Verma was born on 1-September 1968. He obtained his B.Sc. and .Sc. from Bipin Bihari P.G. Degree College, Bundelkhand University Jhansi. Initially he carried out his reseaerch work at Indian Insitute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad, and obtained his Ph.D. from department of Chemistry, university of Delhi. Presently he is a Senior Lecturer at Dr. B.R. ambedkhar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi. He has more then 7 years of teaching experience. He was also visiting scholar with Prof. Alan roy Katritzky, Center for Heterocyclic Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA in 2001-2002. He is working in the field of : Synthesis of Biologically active Heterocyclic Compounds, Synthesis of Planar molecules via iminium cation intramolecular Cyclization, Application of Nanoarticles as a catalyst in organic synthesis. He is publishing his work in International and National journals.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Vibha Tandon
Dr. Vibha Tandon is a Research Scientist. Her major research areas deal with oxidation of sulphides and DNA binding studies. Besides, she has teaching and administrative experience as well. She has won quite a few scholarships and fellowships. She has authored a number of publications and is a regular invitee to conferences and seminars, both in India and abroad. At present she is working as Research Scientist (Lecturer) at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi. She worked as principal investigator for two projects funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India and ICMR. She has also worked on a Biomedical Research program aided by HIKMA Pharmaceuticals, Jordan and also working on a project sponsored by Polaroid Corporation, USA. She has contributed research papers in National and International Journals.
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