Chemotherapeutic Targets in Parasites
Contemporary Strategies
Seiten
2005
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-01836-4 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-01836-4 (ISBN)
Chemotherapeutic Targets in Parasites analyzes the critical metabolic reactions and structural features essential for parasite survival, and advocates the latest molecular strategies with which to identify effective antiparasitic agents. Emphasized throughout is the design of more selective and less toxic drugs than in the past.
Parasitic infections are the most prevalent of human diseases, and researchers continue to face the challenge of designing drugs to successfully counteract them. Chemotherapeutic Targets in Parasites analyzes the critical metabolic reactions and structural features essential for parasite survival, and advocates the latest molecular strategies with which to identify effective antiparasitic agents. An introduction to the early development of parasite chemotherapy is followed by an overview of biophysical techniques and genomic and proteomic analysis. Several chapters are devoted to specific types of chemotherapeutic agents and their targets in malaria, trypanosomes, leishmania and amitochondrial protists. Chapters on helminths include metabolic, neuromuscular, microtubular and tegumental targets. Emphasized throughout is the design of more selective and less toxic drugs than in the past. This book will be especially relevant to medical and clinical researchers and to graduate students in parasitology, pharmacology, medicine, microbiology, and biochemistry.
Parasitic infections are the most prevalent of human diseases, and researchers continue to face the challenge of designing drugs to successfully counteract them. Chemotherapeutic Targets in Parasites analyzes the critical metabolic reactions and structural features essential for parasite survival, and advocates the latest molecular strategies with which to identify effective antiparasitic agents. An introduction to the early development of parasite chemotherapy is followed by an overview of biophysical techniques and genomic and proteomic analysis. Several chapters are devoted to specific types of chemotherapeutic agents and their targets in malaria, trypanosomes, leishmania and amitochondrial protists. Chapters on helminths include metabolic, neuromuscular, microtubular and tegumental targets. Emphasized throughout is the design of more selective and less toxic drugs than in the past. This book will be especially relevant to medical and clinical researchers and to graduate students in parasitology, pharmacology, medicine, microbiology, and biochemistry.
Preface; 1. The search for antiparasitic agents; 2. Biophysical, genomic, and proteomic analysis of drug targets; 3. Energy metabolism in parasitic helminths: targets for antiparasitic agents; 4. Antimalarial agents and their targets; 5. Antitrypanosomal and antileishmanial targets; 6. Targets in amitochondrial protists; 7. Neuromuscular structures and microtubules as targets; 8. Targets in the teguments of flatworms; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.8.2005 |
|---|---|
| Co-Autor | Joan MacKinnon Mansour |
| Zusatzinfo | 53 Line drawings, unspecified |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 158 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 506 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-521-01836-6 / 0521018366 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-521-01836-4 / 9780521018364 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich
und Erste Hilfe an Bord
Buch | Softcover (2024)
MWV Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft
CHF 55,90
