Peptide Chemistry and Drug Design

This book focuses on peptides as drugs, a growing area of pharmaceutical research and development. It helps readers solve problems of discovering, developing, producing, and delivering peptide-based drugs. *Identifies promising new areas in peptide drug discovery *Includes chapters on discovery from natural sources, metabolic modification, and drug delivery *Overviews separation methods and techniques for analysis, bond formation, and purification *Offers readers both a professional reference and a text or resource for graduate-level students