and bonding, chapter 3 covers various aspects of stereochemistry. Chapter 4
incorporates organic functional groups, and various aspects of aliphatic,
aromatic and heterocyclic chemistry, amino acids and nucleic acids and
their pharmaceutical importance. Major organic reactions are covered
adequately in Chapter 5, and various types of pharmaceutically important
natural products are discussed in Chapter 6.
While the primary readership of this book is the Pharmacy undergraduate
students (BPharm/MPharm), especially in their first and second years of
study, the readership could also extend to the students of various other
subject areas within Food Sciences, Life Sciences and Health Sciences who
are not becoming chemists yet need to know the fundamentals of chemistry
for their courses.
Dr Satyajit D Sarker
Dr Lutfun Nahar
PREFACE
xi
incorporates organic functional groups, and various aspects of aliphatic,
aromatic and heterocyclic chemistry, amino acids and nucleic acids and
their pharmaceutical importance. Major organic reactions are covered
adequately in Chapter 5, and various types of pharmaceutically important
natural products are discussed in Chapter 6.
While the primary readership of this book is the Pharmacy undergraduate
students (BPharm/MPharm), especially in their first and second years of
study, the readership could also extend to the students of various other
subject areas within Food Sciences, Life Sciences and Health Sciences who
are not becoming chemists yet need to know the fundamentals of chemistry
for their courses.
Dr Satyajit D Sarker
Dr Lutfun Nahar
PREFACE
xi