Metabolism, Pharmacokinetics, and Toxicity of Functional Groups

Download or read book Metabolism, Pharmacokinetics, and Toxicity of Functional Groups written by Dennis A. Smith and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2010 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until now, the area of drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics has been lacking in texts written for the Medicinal Chemist. This outstanding book, aimed at postgraduate medicinal chemists and those working in industry, fills this gap in the literature. Written by medicinal chemists and ADMET scientists with a combined experience of around 300 years, this aid to discovering drugs addresses the absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity (ADMET) issues associated with drugs. The book starts by describing drug targets and their structural motifs before moving on to explain ADMET for.