Pharmacology

This book is the first comprehensive compilation of deliberations on botany, medicinal importance, genetic diversity, classical genetics and breeding, in vitro biosynthesis, somatic embryogenesis, genetic transformation, molecular mapping, genome sequence, and functional genomics of Catharanthus roseus.

This detailed book addresses the continual development and application of new methods and protocols to understand the biology of the pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

The modern fascination with micro- and nano-sized materials can actually be traced back further to the 1960s and '70s when the first few reported attempts were made to use nanoparticles for controlled drug delivery.

This reference book provides a comprehensive overview of natural gums, resins, and latexes of plants with a focus on their chemistry, biological activities, and practical uses.

A simple, effective, and time-proven method of learning the essential concepts of pharmacologyA MUST-READ FOR THE USMLE STEP 2Basic Concepts in Pharmacology: What You Need to Know for Each Study Class, Fifth Edition provides you with a complete framework for studying and understanding the fundamental principles of drug actions.

The field of nanotechnology has developed very rapidly over the past decade lending great promise to medical applications in drug delivery, therapeutics, and biological imaging.

Drug metabolism and transport are very important facets within the discipline of pharmaceutical sciences, with enzyme kinetic concepts utilized regularly in characterizing and modeling the disposition and elimination of drugs.

This book provides a collection of comprehensive, up-to-date, and broadly applicable guides to the research and development fields of oligonucleotide (ON) therapeutics.

This essential volume explores a variety of tools and protocols of structure-based (homology modeling, molecular docking, molecular dynamics, protein-protein interaction network) and ligand-based (pharmacophore mapping, quantitative structure-activity relationships or QSARs) drug design for ranking and prioritization of candidate molecules in search of effective treatment strategy against coronaviruses.

Companion and Complementary Diagnostics: From Biomarker Discovery to Clinical Implementation provides readers with in-depth insights into the individual steps in the development of companion diagnostic assays, from the early biomarker discovery phase straight through to final regulatory approval.

This book examines insights into the latest thinking and core concepts in areas of key methodological endeavor in Pharmacovigilance (PV), which strives to ever more effectively protect patients from harm caused by the medicines they need.

Allergy is the most frequent chronic disease in the 21st century having severe negative effects on health and the economy.

This book provides the first diverse and multifaceted textual and cartographic overview of natural curative resources of mineral waters and peloids in Russia.

This book targets new advances in areas of treatment and drug delivery sciences for Malaria.

This book collects information about the most popular ethnomedicinal plants, which are common in Turkey and around the world.

This handbook provides an all-inclusive insight into biomarkers assessing the impact of nutrition on human health.

Polymeric Nanosystems: Theranostic Nanosystems, Volume One examines the applications of nanotherapeutic systems and nanodiagnostics in relation to polymeric nanosystems.

This volume explores label-free biosensors, advantageous in part because this technology bypasses the need of labels, reporters, and cell engineering, all of which are common to labeled techniques but may introduce artifacts in assay results.

This volume aims to build a new generation of experts with a broader understanding of key topics in the Alzheimer's disease field.

This book reflects the drug development community's interest in proteomics methods by providing researchers with the necessary knowledge for the implementation of a number of basic experimental and bioinformatics protocols in the drug discovery research laboratory.

Understanding an individual's genetic makeup is the key to creating personalized drugs with greater efficacy and safety, and pharmacogenomics aims to study the complex genetic basis of inter-patient variability in response to drug therapy.

This book discusses different approaches for successful pest-management through biotechnological interventions.

Scorpions have fascinated humans for a long time, first and foremost because of the harm the sting of a few species could cause but also due to their unique natural history and for the many biologically active compounds found in their venoms.

This book illustrates the current state-of-the-art in histamine research, with a focus on the appropriate methodologies to investigate the pharmacological properties and the therapeutic exploitation of HRs and their ligands.

This book provides a comprehensive view of the methodologies used for the study of liver toxicity encountered throughout the whole life cycle of a drug, from drug discovery, to clinical trial, post-marketing, and even clinical practice.

Given the vital and far-reaching applications of medicinal plant metabolites worldwide, the quality and consistency of the products as well as the very survival of various species are of the utmost importance.

This textbook builds on the success of the earlier edition, offering alternative strategies for discovering new antibiotics.

The volume presents a variety of protocols that will be useful to researchers working in the field of disease modeling, drug discovery, and the cell biology of various tissues.

Driving further the research on mammalian alkaline phosphatase structure and function, Phosphatase Modulators collects expert contributions into one "e;how to"e; manual for basic scientists interested in initiating a drug discovery effort.

This reference work provides an authoritative and comprehensive review of the latest developments in orchids' biology, biotechnology and phytochemistry, and it also explores the applications of orchids in medicinal chemistry, nutrition and cosmetics industry.

Liquid-Chromatography-Mass-Spectrometry procedures have been shown to be successful when applied to drug development and analysis.

This book aims to address the infusion sequence of the main protocols used in the treatment of varied solid cancers.

Clinical toxinologic conditions are becoming increasingly frequent, more so than is generally recognized.

Inorganic Nanosystems: Theranostic Nanosystems, Volume Two examines the applications of nanotherapeutic systems and nanodiagnostics in relation to polymeric nanosystems.

Structural Genomics and Drug Discovery: Methods and Protocols focuses on high throughput structure determination methods and how they can be applied to lay the groundwork for structure aided drug discovery.

The phenomenon of RNA interference has rapidly moved from groundbreaking scientific discovery to promising therapeutic approach.

Spanning from discoveries in fundamental immunology to industrial and commercial concerns, the study of vaccine adjuvants has developed into an exciting area of work with great, vital potential in innovating techniques in which adjuvants may steer the immune system towards the responses required by unmet vaccination needs.

Channels and transporters are multi-functional proteins that mediate substrate transport and signal transmission and simultaneously act as regulators for other proteins and biosensors for environmental materials.

Nanotechnology for Drug Delivery and Pharmaceutical Sciences presents various drug-delivery techniques that utilize nanotechnology for the biomedical domain, highlighting both therapeutic and diagnostic applications.

This third edition volume expands on the previous editions with a discussion of new and updated methods used to study drug delivery.

This fully updated book explores all-new and revised protocols involving the use of in silico models, particularly with regard to pharmaceuticals.

Due to the failing "e;one-drug-fits-all"e; model, it has become increasingly necessary to develop personalized medicine that treats whole systems and brings the right drug to the right patient with the right dosages.

Efforts to describe and model the molecular structure of biological membranes go back to the beginning of the last century.

This volume contains a collection of relevant information for drug discovery in cell cycle research.

This volume explores techniques and protocols, across various biological disciplines, used to study snake and spider peptide toxins.

Due to the rapid and steady growth of available low-cost computer power, the use of computers for discovering and designing new drugs is becoming a central topic in modern molecular biology and medicinal chemistry.

This volume provides methods to analyze the meningococcus and its interactions with biologically relevant host cells and sites, to interrogate the population structure and biology of the meningococcus that defines its capacity to cause disease, and to aid in vaccine development and surveillance.

Patch Clamp Methods and Protocols surveys the typical patch clamp applications and advises scientists on identifying problems and selecting the best technique in each instance.