Book description
An integrated approach to the study of drug action mechanisms
Biochemical Pharmacology is a concise and contemporary textbook on
the principles of drug action. It discusses representative drugs by
example to explore the range of biochemical targets and mechanisms.
The book explains some of the experiments that tell us how drugs work,
and it outlines the physiological and pathological context that make
those action mechanisms therapeutically useful.
Biochemical Pharmacology is intended primarily for students in
biology and biochemistry at the advanced undergraduate or graduate
levels. For classroom use, the illustrations from the book are
separately available as PowerPoint slides. It is written in a
conversational, vivid style that readily encourages students to
explore this important area of medical science. Biochemical
Pharmacology can also serve as an introduction for professionals in
biosciences, as well as in pharmaceutical and health sciences.
Complete with numerous figures throughout the text, which are also
available separately as PowerPoint slides, Biochemical Pharmacology:
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Explains the role of pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and
drug metabolism in drug action
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Provides representative examples from the pharmacology of cell
excitation, hormones, nitric oxide, chemotherapy, and others
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Examines emerging applications of ribonucleic acids as drugs
and drug targets
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Discusses what researchers need to know about the problems of
drug distribution, elimination, and toxicity
Biochemical Pharmacology is an important resource for anyone wishing
to gain an in-depth understanding of drug action mechanisms and
extremely useful for researchers wishing to explore some of the
unanswered questions .
Michael Palmer, MD, is Associate Professor in the Department of
Chemistry at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, where he
teaches courses on metabolism, biological membranes, and biochemical pharmacology.
Alice Chan, MSc, is a reader demonstrator at the University of Calgary.
Thorsten Dieckmann, PhD, is Associate Professor in the
Department of Chemistry at the University of Waterloo. He has written
over forty articles, papers, abstracts, and presentations.
John Honek, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Chemistry at
the University of Waterloo, associate editor for Future Medicinal
Chemistry and Biochemistry and Cell Biology, and serves on the
editorial boards of BioMed Central Biochemistry, Current Medicinal
Chemistry, and Letters in Drug Design and Discovery.
