pharmacology books

	Pharmacology for the Surgical Technologist
	By: Katherine Snyder, Chris Keegan ISBN: 1416024573 Publisher: Saunders Release Date: 05 December, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 552104
	Anesthetic Pharmacology -- Physiologic Principles and Clinical Practice
	By: Alex S. Evers, Mervyn Maze ISBN: 0443065799 Publisher: Churchill Livingstone Release Date: 19 December, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 182985
	MemoCharts Pharmacology: Drug Therapy for Congestive Heart Failure (Review chart)
	By: Howard Shen ISBN: 1595410236 Publisher: Minireview Release Date: 16 November, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 89741
	Opium Poppy: Botany, Chemistry, and Pharmacology
	By: L. Kapoor ISBN: 0789002027 Publisher: CRC Press Release Date: 27 February, 1997 Bioscience book rank: 142296	Note that this book is written for scientists. It will not appeal to readers looking for an introduction to the opium poppy, nor those who are not fairly well educated in chemistry and biology. For those looking for something "easier", I would recommend, "Opium for the Masses" or perhaps better, "Flowers in the Blood".<p>This book shines in its discussions of poppy horticulture and agricultural. The literature in these areas is highly contradictory and Kapoor does an excellent job synthesizing what is known. Chapter 4 (Agricultural Studies) is well worth the price of the entire book. The thorough discussion of opium poppy botany is also good. For an understanding of the entire poppy family, however, Christopher Grey-Wilson's "Poppies" is far better.<p>Kapoor fails in his discussions of opium alkaloid pharmacology and chemistry. These discussions are almost random in structure and are far from thorough in the research cited. Whenever an individual alkaloid is discussed (even when discussing its role in plant development), the book becomes muddy. This is not surprising, I suppose, because Kapoor is clearly most interested in the plant itself.<p>Too often, Kapoor does not actually synthesize the research in a particular area. Instead, he simply lists it--indicating that he is confused as to the meaning of the work. There is also little discussion of why certain research questions are of interest. Worst of all, none of his chapters have introductions or conclusions. This is true of the book itself. The first chapter is titled "Introduction", but it isn't--it is a history of the opium poppy. Then, instead of ending the book with some kind of overview, the last chapter discusses pain models with an emphasis on how morphine fits in with them. The reason that "Opium Poppy" would contain this chapter--not even written by Kapoor--is unclear. (In fairness, this last non-Kapoor chapter has an introduction and conclusion.)<p>Another problem that makes extracting information from the book difficult is the poor editing done by The Haworth Press. The book is riddled with typographical and grammatical errors. The section headings are a mess; the reader is best to ignore them because they cause much confusion.<p>"Opium Poppy" should be subtitled "Botany, Horticulture, and Agriculture". This is what the author knows and what he is interested in. When he gets too far afield from these areas, the book falls apart. However, in these three areas, the book is indispensable. L.D. KAPOOR has written a brilliant, organized, carefully researched multidisciplinary study of the Opium Poppy,Papaver somniferum:its Botany, chemistry and pharmacology. He writes as an objective scientist. He gives us all the information, in the proper order, that we need to understand such a unfairly maligmed plant. I read a "customer review" that said there was too much info and it was too technical. It seems that reading that takes any intellectual effort is just too much for the usual reader. When writing of the world's oldest cultivar, the subject should be approached with respect. The book is organically structured:Botanical studies naturally grow into genetic & cytological expression, and then into opium as an herbal, agricultural commodity,and its relative alkaloid content analyzed. Then physiological, anatomical, & other studies are explored.<br>The biosynthesis & physiology of the poppy is examined without prejudice, as is the relative content of the economically valuable alkaloids are compared. Kapoor then evaluates the properties of morphine and other alkaloids that alieve chronic human pain. This book, for anyone who wants to discover the nature and goodness of a universally misunderstood plant, is essential. Written without bias or ideology, I could not recommend a modern work better suited to enlightening one of the gentle & benevolent qualities of "God's own Medicine". This is probably a wonderful book if you are seriously into pharmacology and a closet scientist on the side. If you are looking for a book that will tell you how to grow or harvest opium keep looking. If on the other hand you like to look at drawings of the DNA structures of the individual drug isotopes found in opium(and believe me there are alot!) then buy it.
	MemoCharts Pharmacology: Diuretics (Review chart)
	By: Howard Shen ISBN: 1595410198 Publisher: Minireview Release Date: 16 November, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 295654
	Equine Clinical Pharmacology
	By: Joseph Bertone, Linda J. I. Horspool ISBN: 0702024848 Publisher: Saunders Ltd. Release Date: 03 May, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 489699
	Pharmacology: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses (2-in-1 Reference for Nurses Series)
	By: Springhouse ISBN: 1582553203 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Release Date: 01 March, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 752216
	Chemistry and Pharmacology of Anticancer Drugs
	By: David E. Thurston ISBN: 0849392195 Publisher: CRC Release Date: 22 November, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 810028
	Pharmacology Application In Athletic Training
	By: Brent C. Mangus, Michael G. Miller ISBN: 0803611277 Publisher: F. A. Davis Company Release Date: 31 January, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 388065	Book was in great condition, looked brand new. Delivered fast and process was extremely smooth. Very happy with purchase.
	Clinical Pharmacology: Quick Look Series in Veterinary Medicine
	By: Cynthia R. L. Webster ISBN: 1893441377 Publisher: Teton New Media Release Date: 01 March, 2001 Bioscience book rank: 671700