{"product_id":"principles-of-pharmacology-a-tropical-approach-hardback-9780521340953","title":"Principles of Pharmacology; A Tropical Approach (Hardback) 9780521340953","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePrinciples of Pharmacology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Tropical Approach\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume provides a useful and informative introduction to basic pharmacological principles and practice in the context of tropical medicine and diseases.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eD. T. Okpako (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521340953, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 February 1991\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e592 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.7 cm, 1.03 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This textbook is intended to give the pharmacology curriculum for medical, pharmacy, dentistry, and science students in tropical countries a beter orientation. Students in these regions will probably derive valuable insights.\"   Journal of Medicinal Chemistry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis volume, first published in 1991, provides a useful and informative introduction to basic pharmacological principles and practice in the context of tropical medicine and diseases. The author discusses the cultural and environmental factors that affect the use of drugs in the tropics. The book highlights the potential inconsistencies and incompatibilities arising from the use of traditional and orthodox medicine, which can account for the extensive misuse of modern drugs among populations where the two systems are practised. Whilst emphasis is primarily given to the treatment of a wide range of tropical diseases, such as malaria, bilharzia and sickle-cell disease, the underlying principles are also fully explained to provide a conceptual framework for the academic exploration of cultural, genetic, environmental and nutritional factors affecting drug use in the tropics. The author also gives a concise treatment of systematic pharmacology. This makes the volume a useful text for students and practitioners of medicine and pharmacologists and specialists in tropical medicine, and for graduates studying chemotherapy of parasitic diseases. It will also be an important source of reference for medical and pharmacy students.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. General Background to Drug Usage in the Tropics: 1. Traditional medicine\u003cbr\u003e 2. The problems of availability and quality of modern drugs in the tropics\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Fundamental Pharmacodynamic Principles: 3. Measurement of drug response\u003cbr\u003e 4. Receptors and drug response\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Fundamental Principles in Drug Disposition: 5. Drug administration and factors affecting drug metabolism\u003cbr\u003e 6. Pharmacokinetic principles\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Factors Affecting Drug Metabolism: 7. The influence of malnutrition and food-derived intoxicants\u003cbr\u003e 8. Genetic factors affecting drug action\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Selective Toxicity: 9. Antimicrobial drugs\u003cbr\u003e 10. Antiprotozoal drugs\u003cbr\u003e 11. Anthelmintics\u003cbr\u003e 12. Anticancer and antiviral drugs\u003cbr\u003e 13. Drug resistance\u003cbr\u003e 14. Strategies for the development of new drugs\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Systematic Pharmacology: 15. Drug targets in the nervous system\u003cbr\u003e 16. Noradrenergic mechanisms\u003cbr\u003e 17. Cholinergic mechanisms\u003cbr\u003e 18. Anaesthesia\u003cbr\u003e 19. Pain and inflammation\u003cbr\u003e 20. Drugs acting on the central nervous system\u003cbr\u003e 21. Cardiovascular and renal systems\u003cbr\u003e 22. Haemopoietic system\u003cbr\u003e 23. Endocrine system\u003cbr\u003e 24. Local hormones (autocoids)\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Pharmacology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Pharmacology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Pharmacology%20%5BMMG%5D%22\"\u003eMMG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006023094552,"sku":"9780521340953","price":195.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521340953i_c01e229b-d167-49eb-a8ad-fe18dd5ae74c.jpg?v=1691375465","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/principles-of-pharmacology-a-tropical-approach-hardback-9780521340953","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}