| Description |
1 online resource (446 p.) |
| Contents |
Color Atlas of Pharmacology -- At a glance -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Dedication -- General Pharmacology -- 1 History of Pharmacology -- 1.1 History of Pharmacology -- 2 Drug Sources -- 2.1 Drug and Active Principle -- 2.2 Plants as Sources of Effective Medicines -- 2.3 Human Proteins as Medicines -- 2.4 Drug Development -- 2.5 Drug Benefit Assessment -- 2.6 Congeneric Drugs and Name Diversity -- 3 Drug Administration -- 3.1 Oral Dosage Forms -- 3.2 Drug Administration by Inhalation -- 3.3 Dermatological Agents -- 3.4 Distribution in the Body |
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4 Cellular Sites of Action -- 4.1 Targets of Drug Action -- 5 Distribution in the Body -- 5.1 External Barriers of the Body -- 5.2 Blood-Tissue Barriers -- 5.3 Membrane Permeation -- 5.4 Drug Transporters -- 5.5 Distribution of Drugs -- 5.6 Binding of Drugs to Plasma Proteins -- 6 Drug Elimination -- 6.1 The Liver as an Excretory Organ -- 6.2 Biotransformation of Drugs -- 6.3 Drug Metabolism by CYP -- 6.4 Enterohepatic Circulation -- 6.5 The Kidney as an Excretory Organ -- 6.6 Presystemic Elimination -- 7 Pharmacokinetics -- 7.1 Drug Concentration in the Body |
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7.2 Time Course of Drug Concentration -- 7.3 Time Course during Repeated Dosing -- 7.4 Accumulation -- 8 Quantification of Drug Action -- 8.1 Dose-Response Relationship -- 8.2 Concentration-Effect Relationship -- 8.3 Concentration-Binding Curves -- 9 Drug-Receptor Interaction -- 9.1 Types of Binding Forces -- 9.2 Agonists-Antagonists -- 9.3 Enantioselectivity of Drug Action -- 9.4 Receptor Types -- 9.5 G-Protein-coupled Receptors -- 9.6 Plasma Concentration and Effect -- 10 Adverse Drug Effects -- 10.1 Adverse Drug Effects: Causes -- 10.2 Drug Allergy -- 10.3 Cutaneous Reactions |
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13.4 Parasympatholytics -- 14 Biogenic Amines -- 14.1 Dopamine -- 14.2 Histamine -- 14.3 Serotonin -- 14.4 Substance P and Amino Acids -- 15 Vasodilators -- 15.1 Vasodilators-Overview -- 15.2 Organic Nitrates -- 15.3 Calcium Antagonists -- 16 Inhibitors of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System -- 16.1 ACE Inhibitors -- 17 Drugs Acting on Smooth Muscle -- 17.1 Drugs Acting on Smooth Muscle -- 18 Cardiac Drugs -- 18.1 Cardiac Drugs-Overview -- 18.2 Cardiac Glycosides -- 18.3 Antiarrhythmic Drugs -- 19 Antianemic Agents -- 19.1 Treatment of Anemias -- 19.2 Iron Compounds |
| Summary |
The Fifth Edition of Luellmann's Color Atlas of Pharmacology has been extensively revised to include all recent advances and new drugs, and the illustrations have been optimized and updated. Each two-page spread presents concise text on the left complemented by detailed full-color illustrations on the right to help users quickly digest important facts and concepts. Color-coded sections provide readers with a helpful framework with which to approach the latest developments in pharmacology. Part 1, General Pharmacology, explains basic aspects, such as drug absorption, distribution, and eliminati |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Mohr, Klaus
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Hein, Lutz
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| ISBN |
9783132411432 |
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3132411434 |
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