Standardizing Pharmacology: Assays and Hormones

Standardizing Pharmacology: Assays and Hormones

Discoveries in Pharmacology, Volume 2

Page, Clive; Parnham, Michael J.; Bruinvels, Jacques

Elsevier Science & Technology

03/2023

284

Dura

Inglês

9780323855174

15 a 20 dias

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Section I. Redirected traffic: the history of drugs affecting haemodynamics
1. The control of blood pressure
Part 1 - The discovery of beta adrenoceptor blocking drugs
Part 2 - Peripheral anti-hypertensives: ganglion and adrenergic neurone-blocking agents

Section II. The discovery and application of hormones
2. The emergence of endocrinology
3. Sex hormones
Part 1 - Androgens and anabolic steroids
Part 2 - The biological history of the Pill
Part 3 - The chemical history of the Pill

Section III. Overcoming the body's defence system
4. Anti-inflammatory drugs
Part 1 - The proliferation of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSATDS)
Part 2 - The story of aspirin, H.O.J. Collier
5. The inhibition of allergic reactions
Part I - Histamine receptor antagonists
Part 2 - Asthma: a long and continuing story

Section IV. Assays and the molecular basis of drug action
6. A probe for the fine structures of the body
7. Isolated smooth muscle in pharmacology
Part 1 - The guts of the matter: contribution of studies on smooth muscle to discoveries in pharmacology
Part 2 - Bioassay: a pharmacological endeavour
8. Making visible the invisible (Recollections of the first experiences with the histochemical fluorescence method for visualization of tissue monoamines)
9. Receptors in pharmacology

Section V. History of chemotherapy
10. From dyes to drugs
11. The discovery of penicillin and cephalosporins
12. The antibiotic explosion
pharmacology; drug discovery; drug development; Psychopharmacology; Neuropharmacology; parkinson's disease; antidepressive; benzodiazepine; antiepileptic; Haemodynamics; Hormones; Inflammation; NSATDS; medicinal chemistry; endocrinology; Pharmacological Methods; Receptors; Chemotherapy; penicillin; antibiotics; history of medicine