Bioassays in Experimental and Preclinical Pharmacology

This detailed book explores protocols for a wide array of preclinical pharmacology and toxicology evaluations to be applied to chemical drugs and their development through in vitro, involving tissues and cell lines, and in vivo models, using animals as experimental systems, utilized to conduct pharmacological research. Written for the Springer Protocols Handbooks series, the methodologies included in this collection have been standardized by the authors through extensive use in the lab so that they are ready to be applied in the labs of readers around the world.
Authoritative and practical, Bioassays in Experimental and Preclinical Pharmacology aims to assist undergraduate and postgraduate students, research scholars, scientists, and other academicians performing research in the vital field of drug discovery.

Includes detailed protocols that are lab-ready

Features advice from the authors on how best to implement the well-honed techniques

Contains both in vitro and in vivo protocols for full coverage of the preclinical process