Antidotes to Toxins and Drugs: From Natural Sources to Drug Discovery in Toxicology

Antidotes to Toxins and Drugs: From Natural Sources to Drug Discovery in Toxicology presents recent advances in the discovery of natural antidotes to toxins, drug intoxications and overdoses in pharmacology, drug discovery and toxicology. The text provides detailed information about toxins and their natural antidotes, along with the identification and screening of antidotes for drug intoxications and overdoses. Written by a global team of experts, it describes the potential uses of natural products in toxicology and their applications in medicine and in the pharmaceutical sciences. This book will be a key resource for drug developers, medicinal chemists and toxicologists, among others.Sections shine a particular focus on mechanisms of action, various principles in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics terms, and possible sources and synthesis techniques for these phytochemicals.

Author: Mihnea-Alexandru Găman
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 11/01/2023
Pages: 420
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9780128244722

About the Author
Egbuna, Chukwuebuka: - Chukwuebuka Egbuna is a chartered chemist, a chemical analyst, and an academic researcher. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria (ICCON), the Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NSBMB), the Society of Quality Assurance (SQA) (USA), and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) (United Kingdom).
Egbuna is also an editor of new Elsevier series on Drug Discovery Update. The series includes books, monographs and edited collections from all areas of drug discovery, including emerging therapeutic claims for the treatment of diseases. He has been engaged in a number of roles at New Divine Favor Pharmaceutical Industry Limited, Akuzor Nkpor, Anambra State, Nigeria, and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) in Nigeria. He has collaboratively worked and published quite a number of research articles in the area of phytochemistry, nutrition and toxicology and related areas. He is a reviewer and editorial board member of various journals, including serving as a website administrator for the Tropical Journal of Applied Natural Sciences (TJANS), a journal of the faculty of Natural Sciences, COOU and as an advisory board member under toxicology for the book publisher, Cambridge Scholar Publishing. His primary research interests are in phytochemistry, nutrition and toxicology, food and medicinal chemistry, and analytical biochemistry.Găman, Mihnea-Alexandru: - Mihnea-Alexandru Gaman received his M.D. at the Faculty of Medicine, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania. Dr. Gaman is currently specialising in Clinical Haematology at the Department of Haematology, Centre of Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania. Dr. Gaman conducts research in the fields of Haematology, Oncology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Internal Medicine, Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and has published over 30 papers in international and national impact factor journals, as well as served as editor and author for international and national books/book chapters. Dr. Gaman has also been appointed as Scientific Editor for the International Journal of Medical Students (IJMS) and has served as peer-reviewer for over 50 international and national journals. Dr. Gaman has received training in his home country, Romania, as well as Germany, Italy, Poland and the United States of America as part of several research teams.