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Chemistry of Antibiotics and Related Drugs
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Chemistry of Antibiotics and Related Drugs [electronic resource] / by Mrinal K. Bhattacharjee.
ISBN
9783319407463
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Physical Description
XII, 219 p. 98 illus., 32 illus. in color : online resource.
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Summary
This textbook discusses how the various types of antibiotics and related drugs work to cure infections. It also delves into the very serious matter of how bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics. Appropriate for a one-semester course at either the graduate or advanced undergraduate level, this textbook contains worked examples of experimental procedures and methods of interpreting data.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 01, 2016
Contents
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.
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