Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry

this book assumes that the reader has a knowledge of chemistry at level one of a university life sciences degree. The text discusses the fundamental chemical principles used for drug discovery and design. A knowledge of physiology and biology is advantageous but not essential. Appropriate relevant physiology and biology is outlined in the appendices.It gives a brief review of the structures and nomenclature of the more common classes of naturally occurring compounds found in biological organ-isms. It is included for undergraduates who have little or no background knowledge of natural product chemistry. For students who have studied natural product chemistry it may be used as either a revision or a reference chapter.