Ashgate handbook of central nervous system agents

This handbook contains records for all the major drugs currently in use that affect the central nervous system.

Details and structures are provided for over 2000 agents which act as anaesthetics, sedative-hypnotic and anxiolytic drugs, drugs used in mood disorders, anti-psychotic agents, anti-convulsants, analgesics and anti-Parkinsonian drugs.For each main entry, the chemical name and list of trade names and synonyms is supplied.

The entries also contain the chemical structure, the physical properties, known biological activity and indicated applications.

Acute toxicity data is listed, together with the Merck Index, CAS Registry, and EINECS numbers.

Information on manufacturers and suppliers is given, with web addresses in most cases.

A number of indexes, including a master index of over 11,000 synonyms and trade names, are appended.