Medicinal Chemistry of Chemotherapeutic Agents: A Comprehensive Resource

Author: Pratap Chandra Acharya

Focus: Basics and fundamentals of chemistry involved in chemotherapeutic agents

Content: Each chapter comprises distinct chemical classifications that include structure and IUPAC nomenclature, synthetic schemes and routes for each drug, mechanism of the drug action, metabolic pathway and structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies.

Current Research: Covers current research focused on drug resistance and methods to overcome it, the development of newer drugs belonging to each category of the chemotherapeutic agents, molecules currently under clinical trials, and newly approved drugs.

Target Audience: Valuable resource for academics and researchers, helping them to understand the fundamentals of the medicinal chemistry of the chemotherapeutic agents.

Key Features: Includes current research focused on drug resistance and methods to overcome problems, outlines synthetic schemes and metabolic pathways of chemotherapeutic agents, discusses molecules under clinical trials and newly approved drugs.

Publication Details: Publisher: Elsevier Science; March 9, 2023, Language: English, ISBN: 9780323905756, ISBN: 9780323907019