Download or read book Chemistry and Molecular Aspects of Drug Design and Action written by E. A. Rekka and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-04-28 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ever-increasing demand for better drugs, elevated safety standards, and economic considerations have all led to a dramatic paradigm shift in the way that drugs are being discovered and developed. Known as rational drug design, this contemporary process is defined by three main steps: the discovery of lead compounds, surgical manipulation to deve