The steric factor in medicinal chemistry : dissymmetric probes of pharmacological receptors /

'It is indeed the merit of Dr. Alan F. Casy to bring in these pages a clear and comprehensive view of medicinal stereochemistry, a discipline in which he has been active and successful for many years both as a teacher and a researcher. Written for graduate students and research workers in medic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Casy, Alan F.
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Dewar, George H.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Plenum Press, [1993]
Series:	Language of science.
Subjects:	Drugs > Structure-activity relationships. Drug receptors. Stereochemistry. Structure-Activity Relationship. Receptors, Drug. Molecular Conformation. Relation structure-activité. Récepteurs médicaments. Conformation moléculaire. Stereochemie. Geneesmiddelen. Receptoren. Estereoquimica. Stéréochimie. Drugs > Chemical analysis Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Nomenclature and methodology
Pharmacokinetics: including use of racemic mixtures in therapy
Adrenergic ligands: chiefly agonists
Adrenoceptor antagonists
Dopamine and dopaminergic ligands
Dopamine antagonists
Cholinergic agonists
Muscarinic antagonists
Ligands of nicotinic cholinergic receptors (nAChR) including neuromuscular blocking agents
Histamine receptors: agonists and antagonists
5-hydroxytryptamine ligands
Opioid ligands.