Unit One 1
Text A Vitamins 1
Text B Foods That Fight Cancer 6
Supplementary Reading Fat-Soluble Vitamins 14
Unit Two 19
Text A Chemistry and Matter 19
Text B Models Approach of Chemistry 25
Supplementary Reading Combinatorial Chemistry and New Drugs 30
Unit Three 33
Text A Anesthetics 33
Text B Drugs and Mind(1) 38
Supplementary Reading Drugs and Mind(2) 45
Unit Four 49
Text A How Does the Human Body Fight Disease? 49
Text B Immunotoxicity of Pharmaceuticals 54
Supplementary Reading The Placebo Effect 62
Unit Five 69
Text A Green Pharmacy—Herbal Medicine 69
Text B Natural Products 76
Supplementary Reading Preface to Encyclopedia of Natural Products 83
Unit Six 87
Text A Introduction of Organic Chemistry 87
Text B Preface to Medicinal Chemistry:A Biochemical Approach 93
Supplementary Reading Health Care Delivery 98
Unit Seven 103
Text A The Scope of Automation in Pharmaceutical Analysis(1) 103
Text B The Scope of Automation in Pharmaceutical Analysis(2) 109
Supplementary Reading Instrument Analysis 115
Unit Eight 119
Text A Development of New Drugs(1) 119
Text B Development of New Drugs(2) 126
Supplementary Reading The Search for New Drugs 131
Unit Nine 135
Text A Are Pharmacists Necessary? 135
Text B The Emerging Role of Herbal Medicine in Health Care in Europe 141
Supplementary Reading All about Caffeine 147
Unit Ten 151
Text A Minimum Information for Sensible Use of Self-Prescribed Medicines An International Consensus 151
Text B Restricted Use of Medicines in the United Kingdom 158
Supplementary Reading Finding New Drugs to Treat Stroke 164
Unit Eleven 169
Text A The Scope of Pharmacology 169
Text B Biopharmaceuties 176
Supplementary Reading Bodily Effects of Drugs 182
Unit Twelve 187
Text A Drug Dependence(Drug Addiction) 187
Text B Drug Abuse 194
Supplementary Reading Addiction Is a Brain Disease,and It Matters What Matters in Addiction 200
Unit Thirteen 205
Text A Good Drugs Dangerous Doses—A growing threat to public and personal health 205
Text B The Other Side of Antibiotics 212
Supplementary Reading Getting the Right Dose at the Right Time 218
Unit Fourteen 221
Text A New Drugs and Drug Delivery Systems 221
Text B The Promise and the Paradox of the Next 20 Years 230
Supplementary Reading Advances in Drug Delivery System 236
Unit Fifteen 241
Text A FDA'S Responsibilities and Activities 241
Text B How FDA Approves New Drugs 247
Supplementary Reading The Safety of Medicines 254
总词汇表Glossary 259