Kenakin, Terrence P.

A pharmacology primer : theory, applications, and methods / Terry Kenakin. - 2nd ed. - Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press/Elsevier, c2006. - xviii, 299 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is pharmacology? -- How different tissues process drug response -- Drug-receptor theory -- Pharmacological assay formats : binding -- Agonists : the measurement of affinity and efficacy in functional assays -- Orthosteric drug antagonism -- Allosteric drug antagonism -- The process of drug discovery -- Target- and system-based strategies for drug discovery -- "Hit" to drug : lead optimization -- Statistics and experimental design -- Selected pharmacological methods.

9780123705990 0123705991

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Pharmacology, Experimental.

RM301.25 / .K46 2006