Pure Appl. Chem.,
Vol. 70, No. 5, pp.1129-1143, 1998
CHEMISTRY
AND HUMAN HEALTH DIVISION
MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY SECTION
Glossary of Terms Used in Medicinal
Chemistry
(IUPAC Recommendations 1997)
C.G. Wermuth, C.R.
Ganellin, P. Lindberg and L. A. Mitscher
World
Wide Web version prepared by G.
P. Moss
Abstract: The objective of the glossary is to provide in a single
document a consistent terminology and concise definitions of terms covering
the various aspects of medicinal chemistry. This was felt necessary
with regard to the rapid changes occurring in medicinal chemistry and
also by the need to establish international definition standards. Effectively
the possibility exists that in different countries certain terms may
not have the same meaning, in such a case the creation of an internationally
accepted definition is particularly justified.
A Working Party belonging to the IUPAC Section on Medicinal Chemistry
has therefore been assembled which prepared the present glossary. Concise
but sufficiently explanatory definitions have been formulated for about
one hundred commonly employed terms which can be considered of particular
interest to the medicinal chemistry community. The glossary has been
compiled in part from definitions proposed by the Working Party in part
from earlier IUPAC glossaries and in part from well-accepted definitions
taken from the literature but which were sometimes published in journals
or books that may not be readily accessible.
World
Wide Web version prepared by G.
P. Moss
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