Tuesday, April 20, 2004

First “On-Line” Book Of Prof. Atta Published

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan : April 18 (PNS) - Federal Minster In-charge for Ministry of Science & Technology and Chairman Higher Education Commission Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Reham along with three other Pakistani and US scientists have edited the first “On-Line” book in medicinal chemistry.

The other scientists are Prof. Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, Director Acting, HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, Dr. Allen Reitz and Dr. Cheryl P. Kordik, Johnson and Johson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Pennsylvania, USA. This is the first book from Asia, published exclusively “online” and therefore can be accessed only through the internet. M/s Bentham Science publishers, Netherlands, have published the book.

Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry – Online” is a new book series that is devoted to the reviews of area of important topical interest to medicinal chemists and others in allied disciplines. The subject book covers all areas of medicinal chemistry including: developments in rational drug design, bioorganic chemistry, high throughput screening, combinatorial chemistry, compound diversity measurements, drug absorption, drug distribution, metabolism, new and emerging drug targets, natural products, pharmacogenomics, chemoimomatics, and structure-activity relationship.

The subject book aims to contribute in a major way to the growth of scientific knowledge and insight, and to facilitate the discovery and development of new therapeutic agents to treat debilitating human disorders. It is pertinent to mention over here that Medicinal chemistry as a discipline is rapidly maturing. The study of how structure and function are related is absolutely essential to understand the molecular basis of life.

The book contains 29 chapters contributed by top scientists who are working in the field of medicinal chemistry, rational drug design, bioorganic chemistry, high throughput screening, drug absorption, metabolism, etc. Dr. Atta ur Rehman’s contributions to the advancement of Science and Technology education and research in Pakistan have been truly monumental.

Presently, Prof. Atta ur Rehman is the Editor in Chief or Executive Editor of eleven international journals: Natural Product Research (UK), Current Medicinal Chemistry (USA), Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry (Netherlands), Current organic Synthesis (Netherlands), Letters in Organic Chemistry (Netherlands) Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry, (Netherlands), Letters in Drug Design and Discovery (Netherlands), Medicinal Chemistry Reviews-Online (Netherlands) and Drug Design Reviews-Online (Netherlands). He is also the Editor of the series of books entitled: “Studies in Natural Product Chemistry”, 29 volumes of which have been published under his editorship by Elsevier Science Publishers, Netherlands.

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