Recent Advancement in Prodrugs, Shah, Chauhan, Chauhan, Mishra 9780367348366..

CRC Press

Recent Advancement in ProdrugsAuthor(s): Kamal Shah, Durgesh Nandini Chauhan, Nagendra Singh Chauhan, Pradeep Mishra\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9780367348366, 978-0367348366\nSynopsis\nRecent Advancement in Prodrugs\n\nDrugs used as medicines have many limitations like low chemical stability, aqueous solubility, or oral absorption/bioavailability, rapid presystemic metabolism, toxicity, inadequate site specificity, or poor patient acceptance/compliance (unwanted adverse effects, unacceptable taste or odor, irritation or pain). Prodrugs design is an approach to overcome these limitations.\n\nKey features\n\nCovers recent advancements in development of prodrugs\n\nPresents balanced synthesis and applications of prodrug chemistry\n\nDiscusses broad spectrum of prodrug categories and outlines industrial applications\n\nReviews prodrugs in cancer nanomedicine, its therapy and treatment\n\nElucidates mathematical mod.