Synthesis of Best-Seller Drugs
Volume 2
- 2nd Edition - March 31, 2026
- Latest edition
- Authors: Ruben Vardanyan, Gayane Vardanyan
- Language: English
Synthesis of Best-Seller Drugs, Second Edition provides detailed information on the most popular drugs, using a practical layout arranged according to drug type. Each chapte… Read more
Synthesis of Best-Seller Drugs, Second Edition provides detailed information on the most popular drugs, using a practical layout arranged according to drug type. Each chapter reviews the main drugs in each of nearly 40 key therapeutic areas, also examining their classification, novel structural features, models of action, and synthesis. Of high interest to all those who work in the captivating areas of biologically active compounds and medicinal drug synthesis, in particular medicinal chemists, biochemists, and pharmacologists, the book aims to support current research efforts, while also encouraging future developments in this important field.
- Over 500 detailed synthetic routes to manufacture drugs are included
- Describes the methods of synthesis, bioactivity and related drugs for all drug types
- Examines the chemistry and mode of action of over 700 drugs
Graduate students and researchers working with Medicinal Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, or Process Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Pharmacology
1. (23). Drugs for Treating Respiratory System Diseases
2. (24). Novel Structural Features and Advances in Antithrombotic Drugs (anticoagulant, antiplatelet, and thrombolytic drugs)
3. (25). Thyroid and Antithyroid Drugs
4. (26). Hyperglycemic and Hypoglycemic Drugs
5. (27). Steroid Hormones
6. (28). Antineoplastic Agents
7. (29). Immunopharmacological Drugs
8. (30). Antibiotics
9. (31). Antibacterial drugs
10. (32). Antimycobacterial drugs
11. (33). Antifungal drugs
12. (34). Antiviral drugs
13. (35). Drugs for treating protozoan infections
14. (36). Anthelmintics
15. (37). Proton pump inhibitors
16. (38). Drugs for treatment of erectile dysfunction
17. (39). Antiobesity drugs
2. (24). Novel Structural Features and Advances in Antithrombotic Drugs (anticoagulant, antiplatelet, and thrombolytic drugs)
3. (25). Thyroid and Antithyroid Drugs
4. (26). Hyperglycemic and Hypoglycemic Drugs
5. (27). Steroid Hormones
6. (28). Antineoplastic Agents
7. (29). Immunopharmacological Drugs
8. (30). Antibiotics
9. (31). Antibacterial drugs
10. (32). Antimycobacterial drugs
11. (33). Antifungal drugs
12. (34). Antiviral drugs
13. (35). Drugs for treating protozoan infections
14. (36). Anthelmintics
15. (37). Proton pump inhibitors
16. (38). Drugs for treatment of erectile dysfunction
17. (39). Antiobesity drugs
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: March 31, 2026
- Language: English
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Ruben Vardanyan
Research Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona
Affiliations and expertise
Research Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USAGV
Gayane Vardanyan
Gayane Vardanyan Professor of Biochemistry Department, Yerevan State Medical University, teaching a general course in biochemistry.
She conducts studies on the neurochemical mechanisms of pain, investigates the functioning of the brain reward system during formation of obesity, as well as manages research work on the possible role of disturbances in the processes of opioidergic neurotransmission during development of diabetic neuropathy.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Biochemistry Department, Yerevan State Medical University, Armenia