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Author Sneader, Walter.

Title Drug discovery : a history / Walter Sneader.

Publication Info. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2005]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Reference Material  PHARM QV 11.1 S671D 2005    In-Library Use Only
Description viii, 468 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The prehistoric period -- Pre-Hellenic civilisations -- Greece and Rome -- The Arab world -- Herbals -- Chemical medicines -- Systematic medicine -- Alkaloids -- Non-alkaloidal plant products -- Plant product analogues and compounds derived from them -- The origins of hormone therapy -- Neurohormones -- Peptide hormones -- Sex hormones -- Adrenal cortex hormones -- Prostaglandins -- Hormone analogues -- Vitamins -- Antimetabolites -- Blood and biological products -- Antibiotics -- Antibiotic analogues -- Pharmacodynamic agents from micro-organisms -- Analogues of pharmacodynamic agents from fungi -- The first synthetic drugs and their analogues -- Drugs originating from the screening of dyes -- Drugs originating from the screening of organic chemicals -- Drugs discovered through serendipitous observations involving humans -- Drugs discovered through serendipity in the laboratory.
Subject Pharmacy -- History.
Drug development -- History.
Pharmacognosy -- History.
Pharmaceutical Preparations -- history.
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