3rd Edition

Drug Stereochemistry Analytical Methods and Pharmacology, Third Edition

Edited By Krzysztof Jozwiak, W. J. Lough, Irving W. Wainer Copyright 2012
330 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

330 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

332 Pages
by CRC Press

Drug Stereochemistry: Analytical Methods and Pharmacology, Third Edition covers all aspects of chiral drugs from academic, governmental, industrial, and clinical perspectives, reflecting the many advances in techniques and methodology. Topics include: The use of enzymes in the synthesis and resolution of enantiometrically pure compounds in drug discovery How stereochemistry impacts... Read more

INTRODUCTION
The early history of stereochemistry: From the discovery of molecular asymmetry and the first resolution of a racemate by Pasteur to the asymmetrical chiral carbon of van’t Hoff and Le Bel, Dennis E. Drayer
Stereochemistry—basic terms and concepts, Krzysztof Jo´z´wiak
Molecular basis of chiral recognition, Krzysztof Jo´z´wiak

PART II: THE SEPARATION, PREPARATION, AND IDENTIFICATION OF
STEREOCHEMICALLY PURE DRUGS
Separation and resolution of enantiomers and their dissociable diastereomers through direct crystallization, Harry G. Brittain
Indirect methods for the chromatographic resolution of drug enantiomers, Wladyslaw Golkiewicz and Beata Polak
HPLC chiral stationary phases for the stereochemical resolution of enantiomeric compounds: The current state of the art, W. John Lough
Preparative and production scale chromatography in enantiomer separations, Geoffrey B. Cox
Enantioselective separations by electromigration techniques, Michal J. Markuszewski
Alternative analytical techniques for determination or isolation of drug enantiomers, W. John Lough

PART III: PHARMACOKINETIC AND PHARMACODYNAMIC
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DRUG STEREOISOMERS
Stereoselective transport of drugs, Prateek Bhatia and Ruin Moaddel
Enantioselective binding of drugs to plasma proteins, Thomas H. Kim
Clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of stereoisomeric drugs, Scott A. Van Wart and Donald E. Mager

PART IV: PERSPECTIVES ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF SINGLE
ISOMER DRUGS
Regulatory perspective on the development of new stereoisomeric drugs, Sarah K. Branch and Andrew J. Hutt
Molecular analysis of agonist stereoisomers at b2-adrenoceptors, Roland Seifert and Stefan Dove
Development of chiral drugs from a U.S. legal patentability perspective:Enantiomers and racemates, Svetlana M. Ivanova
The importance of chiral separations in single enantiomer patent cases, Charlotte Weekes
Index

Biography

Professor Krzysztof Józwiak is head of laboratory of medicinal chemistry and neuroengineering of Medical University of Lublin, Poland

Dr W John Lough is reader in pharmaceutical analysis in the Department of Pharmacy, Health and Well-Being at the University of Sunderland, UK

Irving W. Wainer, Ph.D. is senior investigator, in the Bioanalytical Chemistry and Drug Discovery Section, Laboratory for Clinical Investigation, National Institute of Aging/National Institutes of Health