TY - BOOK AU - Martin,Yvonne Connolly AU - Kutter,Eberhard AU - Austel,V. TI - Modern drug research: paths to better and safer drugs T2 - Medicinal research series SN - 0824779029 (alk. paper) AV - RS420 .M63 1989 U1 - 615.1 23 PY - 1989/// CY - New York PB - Dekker KW - Drugs KW - Design KW - Research KW - Testing KW - Pharmaceutical Preparations N1 - Includes bibliographies and index; chapter one : drug action and peceptor theory -- chapter two : progress in molecular pharmacology and biochemistry as a link between diseases and new drugs for their treatment -- chapter 3 : principles of pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism -- chapter four : theoretical basis of medicinal chemistry -- chapter five : the importance of biotechnology for the discovery of better and safer drugs -- chapter six : the medicinal chemists approach -- chapter seven: evaluation of the therapeutic potential of new compounds -- chapter eight: safety evaluation of new drugs -- chapter nine: the contribution of pharmaceutics to improvements in drug therapy -- chapter ten : search for better and safer drugs -- index ER -