Chemistry: An Introduction For Medical And Health Sciences

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Chemistry: An Introduction for Medical and Health Sciences provides students and practitioners with a clear, readable introduction to the chemical terms and concepts that are relevant to their study and practice. Assuming little prior knowledge of the subject the book describes and explains the chemistry underlying many of the most commonly prescribed drugs and medicines. It also includes information on chemical aspects of digestion and nutrition, oxidation, radioactivity and an overview of how chemicals fight disease.  Excellent pedagogy including learning objectives, diagnostic tests and questions in each chapter and a comprehensive glossaryExperienced author team with many years experience of teaching chemistry to non-chemists

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Chemistry An Introduction for Medical and Health Sciences Alan Jones Formerly Head of Chemistry and Physics Nottingham Trent University Chemistry An Introduction for Medical and Health Sciences Chemistry An Introduction for Medical and Health Sciences Alan Jones Formerly Head of Chemistry and Physics Nottingham Trent University Copyright # 2005 John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 8SQ, England Telephone (+44) 1243 779777 Email (for orders and customer service enquiries): [email protected] Visit our Home Page on www.wileyeurope.com or www.wiley.com All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP, UK, without the permission in writing of the Publisher. Requests to the Publisher should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 8SQ, England, or emailed to [email protected], or faxed to (+44) 1243 770620. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold on the understanding that the Publisher is not engaged in rendering professional services. If professional advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Other Wiley Editorial Offices John Wiley & Sons Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA Jossey-Bass, 989 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-1741, USA Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, Boschstr. 12, D-69469 Weinheim, Germany John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd, 33 Park Road, Milton, Queensland 4064, Australia John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd, 2 Clementi Loop # 02-01, Jin Xing Distripark, Singapore 129809 John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd, 22 Worcester Road, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada M9W 1L1 Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jones, Alan, 1941– Chemistry : an introduction for medical and health sciences / Alan Jones p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-470-09288-2 (cloth) – 0-470-09289-0 1. Biochemistry. 2. Chemistry. 3. Pharmaceutical chemistry. II. Title QP514.2.J66 2005 2004029124 6120 .015–dc22 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 470 09288 2 hardback ISBN 0 470 09289 0 paperback Typeset in 11/14pt Times by Thomson Press (