Fundamentals of Medicinal Chemistry

Acknowledgements

I wish to thank all my colleagues, past and present without, whose help this

book would have not been written. In particular, I would like to thank Dr. S

Arkle for access to his lecture notes and Dr. J Wong for his unstinted help and

advice, Dr. J Brown for again acting as a living pharmacology dictionary, Dr. P

Cox for the molecular model diagrams and his patience in explaining to me the

intricacies of molecular modelling and Mr. A Barrow and Dr. D Brimage for the

library searches they conducted. I wish also to thank the following friends and

colleagues for proof-reading chapters and supplying information: Dr. L Adams,

Dr. C Alexander, Dr. L Banting, Dr. D Brown, Dr. S Campbell, Dr. B Carpen-

ter, Mr. P Clark, Dr. P Howard, Dr. A Hunt, Mrs. W Jones, Dr. T Mason, Dr. J

Mills, Dr. T Nevell, Dr. M Norris, Dr. J Smart, Professor D Thurston, Dr. G

White and Mr. S Wills.

Finally, I would like to thank my wife for her support whilst I was writing the

text.