Bioactive Heterocyclic Compound Classes

The chemistry of heterocycles is an important branch of organic chemistry. This is due to the fact that a large number of natural products, e. g.<br> hormones, antibiotics, vitamins, etc. are composed of heterocyclic structures. Often, these compounds show beneficial properties and are therefore applied as pharmaceuticals to treat diseases or as insecticides, herbicides or fungicides in crop protection.<br> This volume presents important pharmaceuticals. Each of the 20 chapters covers in a concise manner one class of heterocycles, clearly structuredas follows:<br> <br> * Structural formulas of most important examples (market products)<br> * Short background of history or discovery<br> * Typical syntheses of important examples<br> * Mode of action<br> * Characteristic biological activity<br> * Structure-activity relationship<br> * Additional chemistry information (e.g. further transformations, alternative syntheses, metabolic pathways, etc.)<br> * References.<br> <br> A valuable one-stop reference source for researchers in academia and industry as well as for graduate students with career aspirations in the<br> pharmaceutical chemistry.