"Pharmaceutical Substances" is a compendium of 1,300 of the most significant pharmaceutical compounds that are of interest to the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. It is the ideal companion to the "Pharmaceutical Substances Online Edition" and an authoritative resource for everyone involved in design, discovery, development, evaluation, and marketing of drugs. Profs. Axel Kleemann, Jürgen Engel, Bernhard Kutscher, and Dr. Dietmar Reichert present in a clear and concise manner highly evaluated information collected from all the relevant literature, and commercial patent data. This includes synthetic routes and all intermediates for approved drugs from the six most important markets. All compounds are organized alphabetically according to their International Non-proprietary Name (INN). The book features four indexes: Trade Names / Intermediates / Enzymes, Microorganisms, Plants, and Animal Tissues / Substance Classes. // The content of this e-book was originally published in 2009.

Retired Chemist, Formerly with Girindus AG, Germany