Recent Advances In Nucleosides Chemistry And Chemotherapy

Download or read book Recent Advances in Nucleosides: Chemistry and Chemotherapy written by C.K. Chu and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book covers up-to-date information on nucleosides and antiviral chemotherapy contributed by the world experts in the field of nucleoside. This book is the result of a meeting honoring Dr. Jack J. Fox, who was one of the pioneers in nucleoside chemistry and chemotherapy. This book consists of 15 excellent chapters in the area, which include topics from recent synthetic methodologies, nucleoside kinase implicated in chemotherapy and drug design, excellent reviews on antiviral agents, nucleoside metabolism/mode of action in parasites, new compounds under clinical and pre-clinical trials, IMPDH inhibitors to review on nucleoside prodrugs.