Clementi / Fumagalli General and Molecular Pharmacology

Principles of Drug Action
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-118-76868-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 784 Seiten, E-Book

With a focus on functional relationships between drugs and theirtargets, this book covers basic and general pharmacology, from acellular and molecular perspective, with particular attention to the mechanisms of drug action - the fundamental basis forproper clinical use- without neglecting clinical application,toxicology and pharmacokinetics.
* Covers cell and molecular pharmacology,bringing together current research on regulation of drug targets,at a level appropriate for advanced undergrad and graduatestudents
* Discusses the relevance ofpharmacokinetics and drug development for the clinical applicationof drugs
* Presents material from the perspective ofdrug targets and interaction, the theoretical basis of drug actionanalysis, and drug properties
* Focuses on structure-functionrelationships of drug targets - informing about theirbiochemical and physiologic functions and experimental and clinicalpathways for drug discovery and development
* Has a companion website that offers ahost of resources: short additional chapters about methodology,topics at the forefront of research, all figures and tables fromthe book, and Power Point slides

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clementi, Francesco

Fumagalli, Guido

Über Autor(innen)

Francesco Clementi is a Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology at the University of Milan. He has been President of several national and international societies and is member of the Accademia dei Lincei, the prestigious Academy of Italian Sciences. He authored over 200 publications dealing with neurotransmitter receptors and co-edited several books on neuropharmacology and cell biology including all four editions of the Italian language version of this book, Farmacologia Generale e Molecolare.
Guido Fumagalli has been the Dean of Faculty Director of the PhD School of Translational Medicine, Vice-Provost for Research, and Vice-Provost for International Affairs at the University of Verona. He has over 80 publications in international journals to his credit along with numerous books on pharmacology and sports science