For six decades, instructors have chosen Wilson and Gisvold's Textbook of Organic Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry as the best text to enable their students to master medicinal chemistry. The text explains the fundamental principles of chemistry, biochemistry, and biology that underlie the discipline of medicinal chemistry and helps you understand the properties, modes of action, therapeutic applications, and limitations of a broad range of important pharmaceutical agents.

This Twelfth Edition maintains all the hallmarks of previous editions, including plenty of tables for quick reference to names, formulations, dosages, and applications. At the same time, it has been streamlined to enhance your learning experience and thoroughly updated to reflect our current understanding of human disease and the biochemical process. In addition, you’ll find coverage of the latest drugs that have entered the pharmacy since publication of the previous edition.