part PART I: TECHNIQUES IN DRUG DISCOVERY -- chapter 1 Combinatorial Chemistry: Role in Lead Discovery / Premlata K. Ambre -- chapter 2 Advanced Techniques in Biomolecular Simulations / Anirudh V. Belubbi -- chapter 3 Retrometabolic Drug Design. Nirzari Gupta -- part PART II: PHARMACOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF NATURAL PRODUCTS -- chapter 4 Insight into the Pharmacological Potentials of Camellia sinensis Linn. / Prabodh Chander Sharma -- chapter 5 Pharmaceutical Importance of Natural Aphrodisiac Drugs / Ram Kumar Sahu -- part PART III: CHEMICAL MEDIATORS: DRUGGABLE TARGETS -- chapter 6 Serotonin: Chemical, Biological and Therapeutic Aspects / Bibhudatta Mishra -- chapter 7 Eicosanoids: Constitution and Pathophysiological Functions / Gunjan Joshi -- part PART IV: ADVANCES IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY -- chapter 8 Development of Antimalarial Drug Analogs to Combat Plasmodium Resistance / Aakash Deep -- chapter 9 Chemistry and Pharmacology of ß-Lactam Analogs / Ankur Vaidya -- chapter 10 General Anesthetics / T. N. V. Ganesh Kumar -- chapter 11 Stereochemical Aspects in Medicinal Chemistry / Sidhartha S. Kar -- chapter 12 Pharmaceutical Interactions in Drug Practices / Sachinkumar Patil.

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