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Chemistry/Biology 491 "Molecules
and Medicine"
Course Text:
- Introduction
to Medicinal Chemistry
- Molecules
and Medicine
Pharmacology/Nervous sytem/Receptor Information:
- Principles
of Clinical
Pharmacology- An excellent NIH-sponsored web site with general
and special topics in Pharmacology
- The
Pharmaceutical
Century. A sweeping and well written review of the modern era in
pharmacology.
A bit dismissive of natural product medicine, but nonetheless worth
reading.
- The
Oxford
Pain Internet site. Yes, this really exists. A list of the
effectiveness
of different pain drugs and good summaries of controlled clinical data.
- Hormones,
Receptors and Targets- A good basic intro.
- Opioid
Analgesics Lots of detailed info on opioids and their receptors.
- G-Protein Receptor
Database. Information
on the molecular mechanisms of G-protein coupled receptors.
Biochemistry Resources: Biochemistry is
at the heart of pharmacology. Here are some basic metabolism and
biochemistry
resources.
- Medical
Biochemistry.
Here is a great site covering all basic aspects of biochemistry and
metabolism.
- The Protein Data
Bank. Search
here
to find out if there is a known structure for a given drug target
protein.
- OMIM (Online
Mendelian
Inheritance In Man). The ultimate genetic disorder resource. EVERYTHING
is here.
Pharmaceutics: Drug delivery and disposition
are the main concerns of pharmaceutics. Below is an excellent resouce,
probably the only pharmaceutics rtesourse you will ever need!
- A
First Course in Pharmaceutics. Drug delivery by David
Bourne. One word: wow!
- Biophamaceutics Another
excellent site by David Bourne
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