• The author's renowned clarity of writing and the book's logical structure help to address the challenges of teaching and studying Medicinal Chemistry.
• New chapters on Protein Kinase and Antibodies provide insightful, up-to-date coverage of some of the most significant topics in the subject today
• The pedagogical features enhance student engagement, which supports better knowledge retention, and a more confident application of concepts and ideas to unfamiliar problems.
• Boxes and case studies support a real-life applied approach that helps lecturers to show how theoretical content relates to the practical reality of medicinal chemistry.
• Full-colour images throughout the new edition enhance the student experience by helping them to better visualise the concepts presented.
• New and updated exercises, questions, and activities throughout the book and online help students to hone their problem-solving skills.

New to this Edition:

• Newly added high-level Multiple-Choice Questions to support self-directed learning and challenge the understanding of the processes and concepts covered
• Updated and new Protein Data Bank Exercises available online.

  
Medication is widely used to support the human body to fight against infection and pain. In an era of pharmaceutical and medicinal challenges, we have all become more familiar with drug production and distribution. However, do we really know what happens before those drugs are distributed? What's the process behind drug discovery? How do our bodies interact with those chemicals?
  
An Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry, 7th edition, offers a complete and accessible approach to this multidisciplinary field. Its student-friendly writing style makes this text an ideal tool for those coming to the subject for first time, but also for students looking to deepen their understanding.
  
The book guides students through understanding the principles of drug action targets in Part A, to how drugs interact at a molecular level with our organs to offer therapeutic value in Part B, and exploring drug design and discovery, as well as regulatory procedures in Part C. Offering a practical approach, Part D provides a deeper look at specific tools and techniques of medicinal chemistry, concluding with emerging topics including antibodies and anticancer agents in Part E.
  
From principles to practice, accompanied by examples and case studies emerging from current biomedical research, the book will equip students with a robust understanding of medicinal chemistry, to prepare them for future success.