Pharmacology Books

New and Published Books

1. Quantitative Pharmacology

   An Introduction to Integrative Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Analysis

   By Johan Gabrielsson, Stephan Hjorth

   PKPD awareness is vital if we are to attempt to relate preclinical results to the acute and long term consequences in humans. The debate on whether preclinical findings can be translated to the human usage is still engaging scientists across industry, academia and regulatory bodies....

   Published May 6th 2012 by Swedish Pharmaceutical Press
2. Safety Pharmacology in Pharmaceutical Development

   Approval and Post Marketing Surveillance, Second Edition

   By Shayne C. Gad

   This book covers the regulatory required evaluation and study of the potentially adverse pharmacological effects of new drugs. Coverage ranges from the general regulatory requirements to the specific studies that must be done and how they are performed and interpreted. Based on more than 30 years...

   Published April 25th 2012 by CRC Press
3. Basic Pharmacokinetics, Second Edition

   By Mohsen A. Hedaya

   Series: Array

   Knowledge of pharmacokinetics is critical to understanding the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs. It is therefore vital to those engaged in the discovery, development, and preclinical and clinical evaluation of drugs, as well as practitioners involved in the clinical use...

   Published February 8th 2012 by CRC Press
4. The Minipig in Biomedical Research

   Edited by Peter A. McAnulty, Anthony D. Dayan, Niels-Christian Ganderup, Kenneth L. Hastings

   The Minipig in Biomedical Research is a comprehensive resource for research scientists on the potential and use of the minipig in basic and applied biomedical research, and the development of drugs and chemicals. Written by acknowledged experts in the field, and drawing on the authors’ global...

   Published December 18th 2011 by CRC Press
5. Current Research in Pharmaceutical Technology

   Edited by Sabine Globig, William Hunter Jr.

   Pharmaceutical technology deals with the discovery, production, processing, and safe and effective delivery of medications to patients. Technologies involved include computer modeling for research, bioengineering for research instrumentation, processes and methods for increasing production, and...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Apple Academic Press
6. Dopamine – Glutamate Interactions in the Basal Ganglia

   Edited by Susan Jones

   Series: Frontiers in Neuroscience

   The basal ganglia are involved in complex brain functions, from voluntary movement control to learning and reward processing, and they are implicated in numerous neurological and psychiatric disorders. Information from the cerebral cortex and thalamus is conveyed to basal ganglia nuclei via...

   Published December 13th 2011 by CRC Press
7. Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery, Second Edition

   By Ram I. Mahato, Ajit S. Narang

   Series: Pharmacy Education Series

   Completely revised and updated, this second edition of Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery elucidates the basic principles of pharmaceutics, dosage form design, and drug delivery. The authors integrate aspects of physical pharmacy, biopharmaceuticals, drug delivery, and biotechnology. The...

   Published October 24th 2011 by CRC Press
8. Anticancer Agents from Natural Products, Second Edition

   Edited by Gordon M. Cragg, David G. I. Kingston, David J. Newman

   The approach to drug discovery from natural sources has yielded many important new pharmaceuticals inaccessible by other routes. In many cases the isolated natural product may not be an effective drug for any of several reasons, but it nevertheless may become a drug through chemical modification or...

   Published October 9th 2011 by CRC Press
9. Bioactive Compounds from Natural Sources, Second Edition

   Natural Products as Lead Compounds in Drug Discovery

   Edited by Corrado Tringali

   The first edition of Bioactive Compounds from Natural Sources was published in a period of renewed attention to biologically active compounds of natural origin. This trend has continued and intensified—natural products are again under the spotlight, in particular for their possible pharmacological...

   Published September 26th 2011 by CRC Press
10. Introduction to Natural Products Chemistry

    Edited by Rensheng Xu, Yang Ye, Weimin Zhao

    Natural products chemistry—the chemistry of metabolite products of plants, animals and microorganisms—is involved in the investigation of biological phenomena ranging from drug mechanisms to gametophytes and receptors and drug metabolism in the human body to protein and enzyme chemistry....

    Published July 19th 2011 by CRC Press