This widely acclaimed lively, profusely illustrated text-book amply provides undergraduate and postgraduate students with a well-planned systematic exposition together with an accessible introduction to medicinal chemistry of various categories of drug substances. Each chapter commences with an introduction, classification, chemical structures of important members of specific groups, INN-BAN-USAN nomenclature, chemical names (IUPAC), official status and proprietary name(s).

The present text emphatically comprises of the basic principles of synthesis, adequate explanation, mechanism of action, structure-activity-relationships (SARs), usages and dosage regimens appropriately. Based on these innumerable typical examples of potent medicinal compounds it not only stimulates but also potentiates the challenges usually encountered by the medicinal chemist in general, besides the enormous potential of rational drug-design in particular.

This thoroughly revised and expanded third edition essentially presents:

Entirely updated text material

Two new chapters on (1) Anthelmintics and (2) Insulin and Oral Hypoglycemic Agents

Revised Recommended Readings

Review and self-assessment questions


With its meticulously reorganized systemic presentation and a comprehensive coverage of subject matter, all students of 'medicinal chemistry' will find this highly readable indispensable text-book both an adequately enjoyable exposure to the subject matter and an equally invaluable resource for future expansion of knowledge.