Laughing gas, viagra, and lipitor : the human stories behind the drugs we use / Jie Jack Li.
Laughing gas, viagra, and lipitor : the human stories behind the drugs we use / Jie Jack Li.
Laughing gas, viagra, and lipitor : the human stories behind the drugs we use / Jie Jack Li.
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New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Date
2006.
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N362.299/18
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English
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xv, 310 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Cancer drugs, from nitrogen mustards to Gleevec -- Drugs to kill germs -- Cardiovascular drugs, from nitroglycerin to Lipitor -- Sex and drugs -- Drugs of the mind -- Diabetes drugs -- Anesthetics -- Anti-inflammatory drugs -- Reflections.
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New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2006.
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"Jie Jack Li is a medicinal chemist and is intimately involved with drug discovery. Through extensive research and interviews with the inventors of drugs, including those of Viagra and Lipitor, he has assembled an astounding number of facts and anecdotes, as well as much useful information about important drugs we know and use in our lives today. F...
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Laughing gas, viagra, and lipitor : the human stories behind the drugs we use / Jie Jack Li.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N362.299/18
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74VKKaGqeZa3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKKaGqeZa3
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0195300998 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780195300994 (cloth : alk. paper)
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362.299
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991021868359702626
