Presenting both a panoramic introduction to the essential disciplines of drug discovery for novice medicinal chemists as well as a useful reference for veteran drug hunters, this book summarizes the state-of-the-art of medicinal chemistry. It covers key drug targets including enzymes, receptors, and ion channels, and hit and lead discovery. The book hen surveys a drug’s pharmacokinetics and toxicity, with a solid chapter covering fundamental bioisosteres as a guide to structure-activity relationship investigations.
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JIE JACK LI, PHD has practiced medicinal chemistry since 1997 at Pfizer, BMS, and Revolution Medicines, respectively, with a four-year sojourn at the University of San Francisco as an Associate Professor, teaching medicinal and organic chemistry. He is currently a vice president at Chem Partner, splitting his time between San Francisco and Shanghai. He has authored or edited 30 books and many of those were published by Wiley, including Drug Discovery: Practices, Processes, and Perspectives, Innovative Drug Synthesis, Modern Drug Synthesis, The Art of Drug Synthesis, and Contemporary Drug Synthesis.