Medicinal chemistry of anticancer drugs
By: Carmen Avendaño and J. Carlos Menéndez
Contributors: Menéndez, J. Carlos (José Carlos)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 442
ISBN-13: 9780444528247
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Antimetabolites; title: Anticancer drugs that inhibit hormone action; title: Anticancer drugs acting via radical species, photosensitizers and photodynamic therapy of cancer; title: DNA alkylating agents; title: Alkylating and non-alkylating compounds interacting with the DNA minor groove; title: DNA intercalators and topoisomerase inhibitors; title: Anticancer drugs targeting tubulin and microtubules; title: Drugs that inhibit signalling pathways for tumor cell growth and proliferation; title: Other approaches to targeted therapy; title: Drug targeting in anticancer chemotherapy; title: Drugs that modulate resistance to antitumor agents; title: Cancer chemoprevention.