Sneader, Walter.
Drug discovery : a history / Walter Sneader. - Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley, c2005. - viii, 468 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface.- Foreword.- Chapter 1. Introduction. - Part 1: Legacy Of The Past. - Chapter 2. The Prehistoric Period. - Chapter 3. Pre-Hellenic Civilisations. - Chapter 4. Greece and Rome. - Chapter 5. The Arab World. - Chapter 6. Herbals. - Chapter 7. Chemical Medicines. - Chapter 8. Systematic Medicine. - Part 2: Drugs From Naturally Occurring Prototypes. - Section I: Pytochemicals. - Chapter 9. Alkaloids. - Chapter 10. Non-Alkaloid Plant Products. - Chapter 11. Plant Product Analogues and Compounds Derived From Them. - Section II: Biochemicals. - Chapter 12. The Origins Of Hormone Therapy. - Chapter 13. Neurohormones. - Chapter 14. Peptide Hormones. - Chapter 15. Sex Hormones. - Chapter 16. Adrenal Cortex Hormones. - Chapter 17. Prostaglandins. - Chapter 18. Hormone Analogues. - Chapter 19. Vitamins. - Chapter 20. Antimetabolites. - Chapter 21. Blood and Biological Products. - Section III: Drugs from micro-organism. - Chapter 22. Antibiotics. - Chapter 23. Antibiotic Analogues. - Chapter 24. Pharmacodynamic Agents from Microorganisms. - Chapter 25. Analogues of Pharmacodynamic Agents from Fungi. - Part 3: Synthetic Drugs - Chapter 26. The First Synthetic Drugs and Their Analogues. - Chapter 27. Drugs Originating from the Screening of Dyes. - Chapter 28. Drugs Originating from the Screening of Organic Chemicals. - Chapter 29. Drugs Discovered through Serendipitous Observations Involving Humans. - Chapter 30. Drugs Discovered through Serendipity in the Laboratory. - Chapter 31. Concluding Remarks. - Index.
0471899798 (hbk.)
Pharmacy--History.
Drug development--History.
Pharmacognosy--History.
Pharmaceutical Preparations--history.
615.1990 / SNE
Drug discovery : a history / Walter Sneader. - Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley, c2005. - viii, 468 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface.- Foreword.- Chapter 1. Introduction. - Part 1: Legacy Of The Past. - Chapter 2. The Prehistoric Period. - Chapter 3. Pre-Hellenic Civilisations. - Chapter 4. Greece and Rome. - Chapter 5. The Arab World. - Chapter 6. Herbals. - Chapter 7. Chemical Medicines. - Chapter 8. Systematic Medicine. - Part 2: Drugs From Naturally Occurring Prototypes. - Section I: Pytochemicals. - Chapter 9. Alkaloids. - Chapter 10. Non-Alkaloid Plant Products. - Chapter 11. Plant Product Analogues and Compounds Derived From Them. - Section II: Biochemicals. - Chapter 12. The Origins Of Hormone Therapy. - Chapter 13. Neurohormones. - Chapter 14. Peptide Hormones. - Chapter 15. Sex Hormones. - Chapter 16. Adrenal Cortex Hormones. - Chapter 17. Prostaglandins. - Chapter 18. Hormone Analogues. - Chapter 19. Vitamins. - Chapter 20. Antimetabolites. - Chapter 21. Blood and Biological Products. - Section III: Drugs from micro-organism. - Chapter 22. Antibiotics. - Chapter 23. Antibiotic Analogues. - Chapter 24. Pharmacodynamic Agents from Microorganisms. - Chapter 25. Analogues of Pharmacodynamic Agents from Fungi. - Part 3: Synthetic Drugs - Chapter 26. The First Synthetic Drugs and Their Analogues. - Chapter 27. Drugs Originating from the Screening of Dyes. - Chapter 28. Drugs Originating from the Screening of Organic Chemicals. - Chapter 29. Drugs Discovered through Serendipitous Observations Involving Humans. - Chapter 30. Drugs Discovered through Serendipity in the Laboratory. - Chapter 31. Concluding Remarks. - Index.
0471899798 (hbk.)
Pharmacy--History.
Drug development--History.
Pharmacognosy--History.
Pharmaceutical Preparations--history.
615.1990 / SNE