Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Structure-activity studies and drug design with antagonists at histamine H2 receptors; 3 Acetylcholine, GABA and excitatory amino acid receptors in neurodegenerative disorders; 4 Physicochemical properties and drug action: alternative QSAR methods; 5 Biotransformation of drugs in man: characterization and prediction; 6 The role of computational chemistry in molecular modelling; 7 The importance of labelling of bioactive compounds in the development of new drugs
Summary
Reporting the rapidly growing field of rational drug design, this work is composed from a selected, topical range of chapters written by specialists in each field