Pharmacogenetics

Author: Zhou Honghao
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: This book is edited by Professor Zhou Honghao, a renowned genetic pharmacologist in China. It introduces the important and fundamental issues of genetic pharmacology and its advancements, including the genetic basis of genetic pharmacology, research methods in genetic pharmacology, the genetic pharmacology of cytochrome oxidase, drug metabolism transfer enzymes, and drug dehydrogenases, the genetic variability of drug receptors and drug receptor reactivity, racial variations in drug responses, and the genetic pharmacology of cardiovascular drugs, neuropsychiatric diseases, respiratory diseases, malignant tumors, and immune diseases. The book systematically reflects the current state, new developments, and research directions of contemporary genetic pharmacology, selectively introducing some research methods. It is accompanied by numerous illustrations to aid in understanding abstract content. This book is suitable for medical and pharmaceutical teaching, researchers, graduate students in higher medical and pharmaceutical institutions, pharmaceutical workers, and new drug development researchers. It is also a reference book for clinical doctors to improve their medication proficiency.