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Article: Medicinal purposes.(Book Review)
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- August 16, 2004
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Medicinal chemistry: principles and practice, 2nd edition F King (ed) Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2002
Pages 448 39.50 [pounds sterling] ISBN 0 85404 6313
Treatment of disease started with the use of folk remedies. However, it wasn't until the great improvement in communications in the early 19th century that clinicians became generally aware of the widespread toxic side effects of these natural remedies, Increased demand for reliable drugs with fewer toxic side effects led to an upsurge in the synthesis of drugs, which resulted in the establishment of medicinal chemistry and the manufacture of synthetic drugs, ultimately forming the basis of ...