Pharmacology

This book provides comprehensive information on current medications for glaucoma.

This book aims to describe the achievements, policy and system of immunization management in China during the last 60 years.

Remarkable research has yielded whole genome data in plants, resulting in the documentation of an ever-increasing number of genes, without establishing their functions.

This resource guides prescribers, pharmacists, and regulators with an update on the recent expansion of basic and clinical knowledge that forms a framework for understanding cutaneous reactions.

Global health and the increasing incidence of various diseases are a cause for concern, and doctors and scientists reason that the diet, food habits and lifestyle are contributing factors.

With a key focus on recent developments and advances in the field, this book provides in-depth coverage of topics fundamental to the development of targeted therapeutics.

Natural Products have always played a pivotal role as sources for drug lead compounds.

This book focuses on the toxicity of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) and their underlying physicochemical, cellular, physiological, and molecular mechanisms.

This book is a history of medicines and the commercial actors that make and sell them, covering the 140 years since the modern pharmaceutical industry came into being.

During the last two decades, stem cells have progressed from merely a concept to a vibrant field of regenerative medicine which is aimed at addressing the root cause of the problem rather than conventional methods of intervention that mostly provide symptomatic relief.

Importance of herbs (medicinal plants) can hardly be overemphasized.

Throughout history black seeds, Nigella sativa seeds, have been highly revered for its medicinal properties.

This book provides cutting-edge information on the epidemiology, etiology and pathophysiology of several prevalent occupational and environmental skin diseases (OSD/ESD), with a particular focus on skin health safety issues, risk factors, preventive measures and recent advances in the management of these diseases.

This book discusses 120 types of natural, small-molecule drugs derived from plants.

This book provides the most recent knowledge on almost all key aspects of the health impact of tobacco smoking.

This book illustrates the importance and significance of the molecular (physical and chemical) and evolutionary (gene fusion) principles of protein-protein and domain-domain interactions towards the understanding of cell division, disease mechanism and target definition in drug discovery.

This book reviews Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Nitropolycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (NPAHs) contamination in the context of environmental pollution in Asia.

This book introduces undergraduate, postgraduate and research students and scientists to animal models of neurological disorders, along with their working principle and brief procedures.

This book explores pain in a number of ways.

Focusing on the practical use of N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC) in medicine, this book provides a comprehensive review of the basic biological and clinical studies documenting its benefits in treating medical disease.

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive guide to involving patients in health technology assessment (HTA).

The book focuses on novel particulate technologies for the purpose of drug delivery to humans.

In the past decade there has been a worldwide evolution in evidence-based medicine that focuses on real-world Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) to compare the effects of one medical treatment versus another in real world settings.

This book is a practical guide to the evidence-based medicine (EBM) research methods that are applicable to Chinese medicine (CM).

This book presents a comprehensive overview of medical and pharmaceutical applications of human serum albumin (HSA), with updates on structural aspects of albumin from the perspectives of X-ray crystallography and NMR, endogenous and exogenous ligand binding of albumin in various pathological conditions, and genetic variants and their phenotypes.

Clinically-focussed, with easily accessible tables and chapter summaries suitable for clinicians and researchers,  this comprehensive book provides a systematic, critical evaluation of the current literature.

This book is the first of its kind to offer a comprehensive and up-to-date discussion of the use of nanoscale materials for biomedical applications, with a particular focus on drug delivery, theragnosis and tissue regeneration.

This book offers a collection of the latest clinical and research findings related to allergies, one of the most frequently treated conditions in occupational medicine.

Bioreactor Technology in Food Processing brings peculiarities, specificities, and updates on bioreactors and bioprocesses related to food and beverage production.

Este texto desarrolla aprendizajes de la farmacología básica del principio activo (PA) de la forma farmacéutica (FF) o sistema de entrega del fármaco (SENF) y afines, utilizados por prescripción o automedicación en los servicios de atención primaria en salud (APS) del primer nivel de complejidad del Sistema General de Seguridad Social en Salud (SGSSS) colombiano, en este proceso complejo de enseñanza-aprendizaje significativo hacia el avance en la comprensión del estudio científico-técnico de la farmacocinética y la farmacodinamia de un PA por nombre genérico y clasificación farmacológica de uso en Colombia dentro una política farmacéutica nacional e internacional por la seguridad de los seres humanos.

Con frecuencia, los profesionales aplican la terapéutica farmacológica de forma empírica, haciendo uso repetitivo de unos cuantos medicamentos, sin tener en cuenta las interacciones farmacológicas, las contraindicaciones y advertencias, los eventos adversos, los nuevos medicamentos y la condición sistémica del paciente, entre otros.

Today, scientists are expected to be more accountable and transparent than at any other time in history.

"Ha sido una grata sorpresa leer este libro Adicción de mi amigo del alma Juan Carlos García, pues su contenido y conceptos son expresados de manera acertada tanto en la experiencia personal como en lo psicológico, con una claridad producto del trasegar en las capas profundas del alma, con el invariable "dolor de crecimiento" que se nota por parte del autor.

La drogadicción es considerada uno de los problemas sociales más apremiantes en la mayoría de las sociedades modernas y les acarrea a estas un elevado costo social y económico, que implica no solo a la sociedad como un todo, sino también a los niños y jóvenes.

La administracion de medicamentos es una de las intervenciones de cuidado mas frecuentes que realiza el campo de la enfermeria en su rol profesional, y por tanto, de gran impacto para la salud y calidad de vida de la poblacion.

La valoracion de empresas hace parte de la formacion profesional y tiene como objetivo principal, ensenar y poner en practica herramientas que apoyan la gerencia financiera de las empresas en la simulacion de situaciones futuras a partir de hechos pasados, para lograr planear y tomar decisiones de corto (tactica) y largo (estrategicas) impacto en las operaciones futuras del negocio y en la creacion de valor corporativo con responsabilidad social empresarial

Essentials of Translational Pediatric Drug Development: From Past Needs to Future Opportunities provides integrated and up-to-date insights relevant for both translational researchers and clinicians active in the field of pediatric drug development.

La obra más completa y actualizada sobre toxicología.

This book introduces important, new knowledge regarding formaldehyde, especially endogenous formaldehyde, revealing its many key roles in the human body.

This book discusses the latest findings on the physiological and pathological functions of transient receptor potential canonical/classical (TRPC) proteins in the brain.

This book provides a state-of-the-art report on our current understanding of aquaporins and the future direction of the field.

This anthology provides a collection of new essays on ethical and philosophical issues that concern the development, dispensing, and use of pharmaceuticals.

This book systematically and comprehensively discusses the biological, epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the hepatitis E virus (HEV).

This book critically assesses the current state of knowledge on new and important detection technologies, e.

This book presents the scientific evidence for the role of vitamin C in health and disease and offers new guidance on vitamin C intake in humans.

This book seeks to unravel the mysteries of wolfberry, and systematically introduces its mechanisms in preventing aging-associated diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, inflammation, liver and neurodegenerative diseases.

This book reviews research on Dan Shen, compiles data from clinical trials and biological experiments, and summarizes the latest research advances.

This book reviews research on Dan Shen, compiles data from clinical trials and biological experiments, and summarizes the latest research advances.

This book reviews research on Dan Shen, compiles data from clinical trials and biological experiments, and summarizes the latest research advances.

The mechanisms and physiological functions of urea transporters across biological membranes are subjects of long-standing interests.