Pharmacology

The rapidly burgeoning research of the past two decades on agonist-antagonist analgesics and opioid receptors makes this exhaustive review of opioid anal- gesics particularly relevant and timely.

This volume comprises the edited proceedings of the International Taurine Sympo- sium held in Osaka, Japan, in June 1995, as a Satellite Symposium of the 15th Biennial of the International Society for Neurochemistry.

In the last decade, research on platelet-activating factor (PAF) has expanded exponentially.

Organized by the French Speaking Society for Study and Research on Essential Trace Elements (SFERETE), the Fifth International Congress on Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology "e;Therapeutic Uses of Trace Elements"e; was held February 4-7.

Numerous reports demonstrate that the reproductive system could be affected by multiple potential toxicological agents.

Incorporating the latest developments in pharmacology and therapy, this fully revised Second Edition is an ideal quick reference for those who prescribe psychotrophic drugs for young people.

Now in its third edition, this standard text meets the need for a single source of detailed information on the drugs in use in English-speaking countries.

Now in its third edition, this standard text meets the need for a single source of detailed information on the drugs in use in English-speaking countries.

The disability-adjusted life year (DALY) is a generic measure of health effect that can be used in cost-effectiveness analysis as an alternative to the quality-adjusted life year (QALY).

This is a companion volume to the author's Medicinal Plant Alkaloids, published by University of Toronto in 1965.

Among the medicinally useful constituent of plants, the alkaloids constitute an important group.

Since the end of World War II, BCG has almost exclusively held the stage in discussions of the problem of protective vaccination against tuberculosis.

Specialists from a number of different disciplines have contributed to this book which presents actual basic and applied findings on Fusarium species, on their metabolites and taxonomy, in connection with pathogenicity to cereal plants and potato tubers.

Drug Design, Volume IX examines various aspects of drug design and covers topics ranging from the consequences of the Hansch paradigm for the pharmaceutical industry to the Masca model of pharmacochemistry.

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* Emphasizes the molecular genetics of antibiotic production * Provides the latest information on the organization of genes encoding the biosynthetic pathway * Explores the mechanisms governing their expression and regulation * Examines the role of resistance genes in protecting organisms from their own lethal productsGenetics and Biochemistry of Antibiotic Production brings together the most up-to-date information on the genetic and biochemical mechanisms involved in antibiotic production.

Although science has discovered effective drugs for many of the diseases that afflict mankind, many human health problems remain untreatable.

The 8th Camerino-Noordwijkerhout Symposium has continued along its traditional path of interdisciplinary cooperation.

Methods in Behavioral Pharmacology is unique in offering a complete description and critical evaluation of most, if not all, methods available to study the effects of drugs on behavior.

This particular volume, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Solvents, is the second in a comprehensive and up-to-date series.

Biological and Environmental Aspects of Chromium focuses on the biological and environmental aspects of chromium and its compounds, with emphasis on the most important aspects of their toxicology and physiology.

Although toxicologic studies in the laboratory often focus on a single chemical, in the larger world, mixtures of chemicals are routinely encountered.

Research and development into biological products for therapeutic use has increased dramatically over the last 10 years.

Despite the tremendous progress made during the last few years in understanding the pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated intestinal disease, many extremely important and fundamental questions remain to be answered.

Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology, Volume 3: Classes of Pesticides focuses on the properties, toxicity, classes, and reactions of pesticides.

This is the first comprehensive reference work on toxicologic pathology, an emerging field that integrates the mechanisms of toxic injury with the resulting pathology.

Metal Toxicology addresses the effects of metals on human health, as well as their mechanisms of toxicity.

Aflatoxins, natural fungal toxins found in foods and animal feeds, have great public health significance.

Because of the highly significant and widely recognized roles of ion channels in physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and toxicology, the term ion channel has now become a household word in the biomedical sciences.

In line with other volumes in the Neuroscience Perspectives Series, this volume covers the background, pharmacology, molecular biology, and biochemistry of antipsychotic drugs, together with an overview assessment of the therapeutic considerations.

Each volume in this distinguished series presents authoritative reviews on topics of broad interest in drug research and on novel and established therapeutic classes.

Each volume in this distinguished series presents authoritative reviews, both generally, on topics of broad interest in drug research, and specifically, on novel and established therapeutic classes.

This volume comprises five authoritative reviews on timely topics in drug research.

Contributed volume reviewing the clinical and animal literature related to the pharmacology of anxiety and depression.

Pesticide Chemistry-3 provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of pesticide chemistry.

Medicinal Chemistry-III provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of medicinal chemistry.

The Fourth International Conference on Immunopharmacology took place in Osaka, Japan, May 1988.

The 9th World Congress on Animal, Plant and Microbial Toxins was sponsored by the International Society on Toxinology which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary.

With the publication of this third volume in the series, immunopharmacology has established itself as a separate discipline with relevance to oncology, rheumatology, allergy and other medical fields.

The second of two volumes covering the most recent developments in this new field.

Tabacologia

Biochemical and Molecular Aspects of Selected Cancers, Volume I provides an overview of important topics and prototypes in cancer research.

Lectures on Massage & Electricity in the Treatment of Disease (Masso - electrotherapeutics) focuses on the application of massage in treating diseases.

The Preparation of Solutions Isoosmotic with Blood, Tears, and Tissue provides the data needed to establish rules in the formulation of extemporaneous isoosmotic eye preparations for use in the new Danish Pharmacopoeia.

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