FASTtrack: Chemistry of Drugs
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Product Information
Barlow, David; Mountford, David
First edition
Scheduled closure of pharmpress.com
David Barlow - Reader, Pharmacy Department, Kings College London, and David Mountford - Lecturer, Pharmacy Department, Kings College London
ISBN 978 0 85711 083 1
Published Jul 2014
Paperback 234 x 156mm (272pp)
DESCRIPTION:
FASTtrack: Chemistry of Drugs focuses on what you really need to know in order to pass your pharmacy exams. It boasts concise bulleted information, key points, tips and a range of self assessment MCQs to consolidate learning.
Written by experts in the field and furnished with over 300 figures, this well illustrated book offers an accessible introduction to subjects that are fundamental to pharmaceutical science. It covers all the key aspects of organic chemistry, elementary medicinal chemistry, and biochemistry, required by undergraduate pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences students.
Read an interview with the authors , who talk about how to learn the chemistry of drugs and the best way of using the book to revise for exams.
Are your exams coming up? Are you drowning in textbooks and lecture notes and wondering where to begin? Take the FASTtrack route and study successfully for your exams.
FASTtrack offers the ultimate lecture notes and is a must-have for all pharmacy undergraduate students and pre-registration trainees wanting to study, revise and practice MCQs ahead of exams.
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FASTtrack: Chemistry of Drugs is also available as an ebook
CONTENTS:
1. Chemical structure and bonding
2. Intermolecular interactions
3. Acids and bases
4. Stereochemistry
5. Chemical reaction mechanisms
6. Chemistry of electrophiles and nucleophiles
7. Chemistry of aromatic compounds
8. Chemistry of carbonyl compounds
9. Chemistry of aromatic heterocyclic compounds
10. Amino acids, peptides and proteins
11. Carbohydrates and nucleic acids
12. Lipids and steroids
13. Chemical stability of drugs
14. Drug metabolism
15. Molecular spectroscopy and pharmaceutical analysis
16. Drug licensing and pharmacopoeia
Answers to self-assessment
REVIEWS:
October 2014, Nursing Standard
"4 stars. This book is a brilliant resource written by two experts in the field of pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry...
...It is intended to complement lecture notes and prepare pharmacy undergraduates for their exams. It would also be a useful resource for practising pharmacists, researchers, scientists and all those with an interest in chemical structure and bonding, intermolecular interactions, drug licensing and pharmacopoeia...
...The text is well written, with a clear, consistent and open layout. There are overviews outlining what the reader should know after completing each section. The text is presented in concise bullet points, with key points, tips and simple diagrams."
Oliver McGurk, medical science undergraduate, Nursing Standard, 29(9): October 2014.
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