Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry offers a balance of current, state-of-the-art issues in medicinal chemistry supplemented by more traditional case studies to provide a solid foundation of medicinal chemistry concepts. The Second Edition has been completely revised to integrate the chemical and phamacological aspects of drugs and links organic chemistry, biochemistry, and biology with clinical medicine. It clearly presents content with easy to read tables, figures, and chemical structures. This completely revised bestseller provides an invaluable resource to libraries of medicine, chemistry, biochemistry, and pharmacology, as well as individual researchers and medicinal chemistry and pharmacology students.