Drugs have played a central role in the progress of human civilization. There are many important stages before a compound is used as a drug to treat a disease. This book deals with the historical aspects of the development and use of drugs, vitamins, hormones; their classification, synthesis and formulation; and the general principles of drug actions. The pharmacokinetics, the interaction of drugs in the targeted receptor, and mode of drug synthesis is explained in detail.
G L David Krupaddanam, PhD (Osmania) is Professor of Organic chemistry in the department of Chemistry, Osmania University. He has more than two decades of postgraduate teaching experience and has over 100 research publications to his credit.
D Vijaya Prasad, PhD (Osmania) is Reader and Head, Department of chemistry at New Government Degree College, Khairatabad, Hyderabad, and has more than 30 years of teaching experience.
K Varaprasad Rao, PhD (Osmania) is a Reader in Chemistry at New Science College, Ameerpet, Hyderabad, with 20 Years of teaching experience. He is also the author of the widely used Atlas of Organic Reactions.
K L N Reddy, PhD (Osmania) has eighteen years of teaching experience and is a lecturer at New Government Degree college, Khairatabad, Hyderabad.
C Sudhakar, MSc (Osmania) has more than a decade of experience in undergraduate teaching and is a now a Lecturer in Chemistry at New Government Degree College, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. Earlier, he was a process Development Chemist at UNILOIDS and SOL Hyderabad.