Chiral drugs : chemistry and biological action / edited by Guo-Qiang Lin, Qi-Dong You, Jie-Fei Cheng. [electronic resource] Lin, Guo-Qiang, 1943- You, Qi-Dong. Cheng, Jie-Fei. Chiral drugs. Drug development. Structure-activity relationships (Biochemistry) Drug Discovery methods. Pharmaceutical Preparations chemistry. Structure-Activity Relationship. RS429 .C483 2011eb 615/.19 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. "This book overviews chiral drugs and their impact in the pharmaceutical industry. The chapters detail basics and trends in chiral drug discovery and development, as well as techniques / skills and trends of asymmetric synthesis. The first section introduces the general concept of chirality and its impact on the drug discovery and development. This part includes history of chiral drug development, key technologies for preparation of chiral drugs, and industrial applications of chiral technologies"--Provided by publisher. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2011. ©2011. 2011 Text 1 online resource (x, 456 pages) : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118075647 eng Chiral drugs. Chiral drugs.