Other Branches of Medicine

Amoxicillin represents the lead substance of the aminopenicillin group of beta-lactames, which is characterised by a broader antibacterial spectrum...

This book is a collection of articles detailing the very diverse roles of soy-derived compounds. Many cultures around the world have realised the i...

Biogenic amines are naturally occurring amines that are derived by enzymic decarboxylation of the natural amino acids. They belong to a class of ne...

The issue before Congress is whether to continue the federal prosecution of medical marijuana patients and their providers, in accordance with the ...

Heparin is a highly sulphated glycosaminoglycan discovered about 90 years ago, and since then is widely used in medicine as an anticoagulant drug, ...

In this book, the authors discuss the principles, methodology and emerging challenges of drug development. Topics include outsourcing and technolog...

Drug monitoring in clinical chemistry refers to the measurement of drug concentration in blood serum/plasma so that an optimal concentration is obt...

Curcumin is a natural product found in the rhizome of Curcuma longa. Ongoing research and clinical trials prove this natural phenolic compound to p...

To date, a number of clinically important drugs have been identified that interact with commonly-used herbs and thus herb-drug interactions have be...

Multiple drug resistance is a condition enabling a disease-causing organism to resist distinct drugs or chemicals of a wide variety of structure an...

Malaria is the leading parasitic infectious disease in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in terms of morbidity, hospitalisation and mortality. Pregnant wome...

One of the main causes of failure in the treatment of cancer is the development of drug resistance by the cancer cells. The design of cancer chemot...

This book provides basic and applied knowledge about monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), their classification, and clinical application as neurop...

A large proportion of children and youth have mental health problems that follow different trajectories over time. Adolescence is a period in which...

Ribavirin has been studied for over 20 years as a potential therapy against a number of RNA and DNA viruses. It is well known that Ribavirin in com...

Over the past few years, a number of products that signal a new era of medical product development have entered the market or come on the horizon. ...

Compounding has been traditionally defined as a process where a pharmacist or a physician combines, mixes, or alters ingredients to create a medica...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversees the approval and regulation of drugs entering the U.S. market. Two regulatory frameworks support th...