Chemistry of Antibiotics and Related Drugs

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-82171-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 219 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 3999 g

This textbook discusses how the various types of antibiotics and related drugs work to cure infections. Then it delves into the very serious matter of how bacteria are becoming resistant to these antibiotics. Appropriate for a one-semester course at either the graduate or advanced undergraduate level, this textbook contains worked examples of (1) experimental procedures and (2) interpreting data.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bhattacharjee, Mrinal K.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie, Toxikologie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein Pharmazeutische Chemie, Medizinische Chemie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pharmazie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Biochemie (med.)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Mikrobiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Antibiotic resistance development.- Major classes of antibiotics.- Relevant concepts in Biochemistry.- The cell wall as a target.- Mechanism of resistance to B-lactams.- Antibiotic Vancomycin.- Antibiotics that inhibit nucleotide synthesis.- Antibiotics that inhibit DNA synthesis.- Drugs that cause DNA cleavage.- Antibiotics that inhibit RNA synthesis.- Antibiotics that inhibit RNA synthesis.- Antibiotics that disrupt membrane structure.

Über Autor(innen)

Mrinal Bhattacharjee is an Associate Professor at Long Island University.