Chemistry of Antibiotics and Related Drugs
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, thi...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 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.