摘要: Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the variety of drugs. The compounds to be studied have been grouped under two main headings: (1) those which are modifications, designed primarily improve physico-chemical characteristics, pre-existing drugs; and (2) drugs either completely new in structure or activity sufficiently different from previously available agents warrant separate notice. Drostanolone, is offered as a palliative treatment mammary carcinoma, has stimulated considerable research into anti-oestrogenic mechanisms, while increasing use allopurinal (Zyloric) gout revealed aspects purine metabolism. Cholestyramine quaternary ammonium cationic resin used bind, gut, bile salts, appear cause pruritis obstructive hepatic disease. Angiotensinamide, pentagastrin, tetracosactrin felypressin widely growing importance serve illustrate how rapidly this branch medicinal chemistry expanding. It concludes that antibiotics with antineoplastic continue rubidomycin currently receiving wide study.