Medicinal Chemistry

vaginal adenocarcinoma, 323
vaginal cancer, 323
valacyclovir, 553
valinomycin, 570
valproic acid, 16, 18, 102, 111–112, 161,
259, 425, 426
valsartan, 376
van der Waals interactions, 73
vancomycin, 593
Vane, 472
vascular disease, 317–320
vascular endothelical growth factor, 400, 402–403
vasculopaths, 317
vasoconstrictors, 523
vasodilators, 380, 381, 523
vasointestinal peptide, 339
vasopressin, 346, 348–350
venlafaxine, 254
ventricles, brain, 202
verapamil, 102, 259, 380, 422, 427
Verloop parameter, 36
vertebrobasilar artery, 202
very low-density lipoproteins, 318
Viagra, 293
vidarabine, 552
vigabatrin, 18, 102, 272, 422
vinblastine, 455
vincristine, 455, 456
vinorelbine, 455
viruses, 547–559
vitamin A, 508
vitamin B 1 , 479, 504
vitamin B 2 , 504–505
vitamin B 6 , 479, 505–506
vitamin B 12 , 507–508
vitamin C, 411, 508
vitamin D, 510–511
vitamin E, 411, 511
vitamin K 1 , 511–512
vitamins as targets, 503–512
VLDL, 318
voltage gated ion channels, 92, 412–430
von Euler, 519

warfarin, 14, 16, 18, 102, 512, 529

water, 25–27, 465–466

Watson, James, 57, 110, 441, 470

waxes, 471–472

Webster, 510

Wernicke’s encephalopathy, 203, 512

whipworm, 585

white matter, 200

Wieland, 474

Williamson ether synthesis, 180

Wilson’s disease, 481, 535

Windaus, 474

withdrawal symptoms, opiates, 353

Withering, William, 493

Wittig reaction, 169

worm infestations, 585

X-ray crystallography, 57, 115, 119, 443

xanthinol, 320

xerophthalmia, 509

yohimbine, 228, 230

zafirlukast, 527

zalcitabine, 554

zaleplon, 277

zanamivir, 557

zileuton, 527

zinc, 535

zinc acetate, 535

zinc caprylate, 535

zinc fingers, 313, 314, 535

zinc propionate, 535

zinc pyrithione, 535

zinc sulfate, 535

zinconotide, 425

zolmitriptan, 260

zolpidem, 277

zona fasciculata, 332

zona glomerulosa, 332

zona reticularis, 332

zwitterion, 466

zymogens, 501

INDEX 649