Gemcitabine was synthesised in the 1980s at Lilly Research Laboratories (Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis, IN). It was initially developed as an ant...

Anaesthesia has traditionally meant the condition of having sensation (including the feeling of pain) blocked or temporarily taken away. This allow...

Learning and understanding how medicine acts, what the body does to the drug, with both the beneficial and potentially deleterious effects it has, ...

Natural toxicants have been known from ancient times and man used them to gain various benefits by producing remedies, preserving goods or using th...

The practice of "authorised generics" has recently been the subject of considerable attention by the pharmaceutical industry, regulators, and membe...

A great number of aerobic endospore-forming Gram-positive Bacillus species have been isolated on a number of occasions from a variety of terrestria...

Glutathione (γ-glutamyl-cysteinyl-glycine; GSH) is the most abundant low-molecular-weight thiol found in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms....

Glutathione (GSH) is a ubiquitous tripeptide (y-L-gluatamyl-Lcysteinyl-glycin) playing an important role in cellular redox homeostasis, defence aga...

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (CPT) have been developing as an academic discipline over the last 30 years or so, but its impact on health ...

This book examines the medical human research industry from the point of view of the researched. Written by human test research subjects (also know...

This is a state-of-the-art discussion forum for topics that are of high interest in the field of gymnastics. Experts from different countries and w...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the causes, management and prognosis of hallucinations. Topics discussed include...

This book covers a broad range of topics, providing trainee and practising anaesthetists with a comprehensive source of knowledge on applied scienc...

The objective of this book is to promote and enable closer co-operation between different health professionals in treating pain, by introducing psy...

This book presents 848 compounds isolated and identified from plants that present anti-inflammatory and antiplatelet aggregation activities. These ...

This book focuses on new research in dentistry practices. Dentistry is the known evaluation, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, diso...

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

This book presents advances in the field of novel drug delivery, focusing on novel molecules with potential to transform the treatment and preclusi...

The unique characteristics of radon make it very attractive for earth science studies, as it can migrate over large distances within the earth and ...

This book has been written with the requirements for students pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate dentistry courses in mind. To the authors’ kn...

Job burnout has been well described and refers to a transformation that occurs in persons exposed to considerable occupational stress, particularly...

Handwriting and Dysgrafia: Relation and Assessment presents (in eleven chapters no less) the interdisciplinary perspective and relation between han...

This practical book provides a handy reference for the doctor confronted with patients complaining of headache. Headache is one of the most common ...

C A Meier investigates the ancient Greek understanding of dreams and dreaming, Antique incubation and concomitant rituals. In this greatly expanded...