Edited by
Bernard Testa, University Hospital Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland
John Caldwell
Description
Surpassing the 1976 book by Testa and Jenner,
Drug Metabolism: Chemical and Biochemical Aspects (Dekker), this informative,
up-to-date text includes the following features, unavailable elsewhere: First in a set of books to provide a comprehensive coverage of
drug metabolism; Opening chapter provides a general introduction to the complete set of books; Other chapters cover reaction mechanisms,
catalytic cycles, regio- and stereoselectivities, types of substrates, reactivity of intermediates, and drug-enzyme interactions; Extensive
detailed diagrams of reaction pathways and chemical structures
Audience:
Graduate students and researchers in universities and pharmaceutical companies working on drug metabolism.
