ABSTRACT

Medicinal Chemistry of Neglected and Tropical Diseases: Advances in the Design and Synthesis of Antimicrobial Agents consolidates and describes modern drug discovery and development approaches currently employed to identify effective chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) from a medicinal chemistry perspective. Chapters are designed to cater to the needs of medicinal chemists who work with chemotherapeutic developments for NTDs, as well as serve as a guide to budding medicinal chemists who wish to work in this area. It will introduce rational drug design approaches adopted in designing chemotherapeutics and validated targets available for the purpose.

chapter Chapter 4|17 pages

Current Inhibitors of Dengue Virus

An Overview

chapter Chapter 6|15 pages

Chikungunya Virus Infection

A Review of its Control and Treatment

chapter Chapter 12|31 pages

The Renewal of Interest in Nitroaromatic Drugs

Towards New Anti-Kinetoplastid Agents

chapter Chapter 15|19 pages

An Overview of Helminthiasis

Current State and Future Directions