Description
CBS Publishers & Distributors Textbook of Computer Aided Drug Design for B.Pharm Students by V Raja Solomon
Textbook of Computer Aided Drug Design for BPharm Students is much-awaited textbook in the drug design course in pharmacy. Targeted mainly at the BPharm students, this book will also be helpful for students of MPharm, BSc and MSc in chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry courses. The book provides complete information for learning and teaching the subject of computer- aided drug design.
Key Features
- Content of the book is innovative and presented in five units, in a detailed form as per the requirements of the students, and in compliance with the latest syllabus prescribed by Pharmacy Council of India (PCI).
- Book has covered the entire subject of computer-aided drug design, starting from introduction to drug discovery and development, stages of drug discovery and development to molecular modeling.
- Drug discovery and development methods are explained in a stepwise and simplified manner.
- Principles of computer-aided drug design, though difficult to remember, are described in a student-friendly manner that is easy to understand and reproduce well in examinations.
- Includes flowcharts and schematic representations of drug design for easy assimilation. The subject is well explained with modern concepts of drug discovery and development.
About Editor
V Raja Solomon received his BPharm from SB College of Pharmacy, affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai, India, and MPharm with a specialization in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry from the Shri GS Institute of Technology & Science, Indore, affiliated with Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal, India, under the direction of Prof SC Chaturvedi. He completed his PhD in the field of medicinal chemistry at the CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI), Lucknow, India, under Prof SB Katti. He moved to the Prof Hoyun Lee research group at Health Science North Research Institute, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada for his postdoctoral studies. He has received the prestigious Postdoctoral Research Award from the Ontario Government, Ministry of Research and Innovation.
V Alagarsamy MPharm, PhD, FIC, DOMH is Professor and Principal, MNR College of Pharmacy and Director, MNR Foundation for Research and Innovations, Gr. Hyderabad. He has been teaching medicinal chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry of natural products and performing research work in synthetic medicinal chemistry on novel heterocyclic bioactive compounds for more than two decades. He is the author/co-author of over 200 papers, including the original research articles and presentations in various conferences and symposiums, having one patent for his credit on bioactive heterocyclic molecule. He is the coeditor of the international journal Antiinfective Agents published by Bentham Science Publishers.