alkylating agents, 446
allopurinol, 471
allosteric inhibition, 76, 484
allosteric site, 484
N-allyl-norcodeine, 358
Alzheimer’s dementia (disease), 97, 101, 203, 216,
217, 288, 387, 411, 432, 489–490, 515, 589
AM1 calculations, 46
amantadine, 241, 550, 556
ambenonium, 488
AMBER calculations, 47
Ames test, 160
amide metabolism, 148, 151
amikacin, 575
amine metabolism, 151
amino acids, 466–469
α-amino acids, 466
β-amino acids, 466
γ-amino acids, 466
aminoglycosides, 16, 18, 574–575
amiodarone, 18, 421
amitriptyline, 16, 35, 56, 101, 102, 237, 259
amlodipine, 428
amobarbital, 278
amoxicillin, 269
AMPA, 286
amphetamine, 14, 226
amphibian metamorphosis, 361
amphoteric, definition, 466
amphotericin B, 410, 582
ampicillin, 14, 567
amprenavir, 556
amrinone, 439
amylnitrite, 296
β-amyloid, 217, 513, 515, 516
amyloid precursor protein, 515, 516
anabolic effect, 329
analgesics, 351
anaphylaxis, 390
anastrazole, 458
androgenic effect, 328
androgens, 311, 328–332, 330–332
anesthetics
general, 28, 277, 280, 281, 410
local, 415–419
angina, 379, 424, 427
angiogenesis, 403
angiogenesis inhibitors, 457
angiotensin I, 371, 372
angiotensin II, 371, 372
angiotensin III, 371
angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors,
373–376, 535
angiotensinogen, 372
anileridine, 357
ankyrin, 413
anomeric carbon, 476
anomers, 476
ANP, 376, 377
antagonist, 76
anterior cerebral artery, 202
anterior pituitary peptide hormones, 346–348
anthopleurine A, 494
anthracyclines, 443, 444
anti-inflammatory compounds, 335
antiandrogens, 330
antiarrhythmic drugs, 419–421
antibacterial agents, 559–581
antibacterial peptides, 116
antibiotics, 559–581
antibodies, 389
anticoagulents, 529
anticonvulsants, 118, 122, 279, 280,
421–423, 430–432
antidepressants, 237, 242, 253
antidiuresis, 371
antiestrogens, 324–325
antifertility, 326
antifreeze protein, 516
antifungals, 581
antigen, 389
antihistamines, 269, 270
antihypertensives, 234–235, 379
antimetabolites, 117, 450, 451, 483
antimony, 532–533
antiparisitic agents, 584
antipsychotics, 244, 245
antipyretics, 524
antisence technology, 519
antisense oligomers, 454, 519
antithrombin III, 529
antitumour agents, 324
antiulcer agents, prostaglandins as, 523
anxiety disorder, 276
anxiolytics, 518
Apaf-3, 503
aplastic anemia, 534
apolipoproteins, 318
apomorphine, 242
apoptosis, 500, 501
apoptotic bodies, 503
APP, 515, 516
appetite suppressant, 255, 290
aprikalim, 423
arachidonic acid, 473, 519
arachnoid, 201
arecoline, 210
arginine, 292
arginine-vasopressin, 348
aromatase inhibitors, 458630 INDEX