
16. ANTI-NEOPLASTIC AGENTS
ANTI-NEOPLASTIC AGENTS Introduction: Anti-neoplastic agents are drugs used to treat cancer by inhibiting abnormal cell growth. They may be used alone…

ANTI-NEOPLASTIC AGENTS Introduction: Anti-neoplastic agents are drugs used to treat cancer by inhibiting abnormal cell growth. They may be used alone…

ANTIBIOTICS Introduction: Antibiotics are substances that kill or inhibit the growth of microorganisms. They may be natural, semi-synthetic, or synthetic. Antibiotics…

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS Introduction: Anti-infective agents are drugs that destroy microorganisms or inhibit their growth. They are effective against bacteria, fungi, viruses,…

ANALGESIC AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS Introduction: Analgesics are drugs used to relieve pain, while anti-inflammatory agents reduce inflammation and fever. These drugs…

HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS Introduction: Hypoglycemic agents are drugs used to lower elevated blood glucose levels in diabetes mellitus. Most of these drugs…

DIURETICS Introduction: Diuretics are drugs that increase urine output by acting on the kidneys. They promote the excretion of water and…

DRUGS ACTING ON CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM Introduction: Drugs acting on the cardiovascular system are used to regulate heart rhythm, control blood pressure,…

DRUGS ACTING ON AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM Introduction: The autonomic nervous system controls involuntary body functions such as heart rate, respiration, digestion,…

DRUGS ACTING ON CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM Introduction: The central nervous system controls thinking, movement, emotions, memory, pain sensation, and consciousness. Drugs…

ORGANIC CHEMICAL CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE Introduction: Organic chemistry is the study of carbon-containing compounds. Earlier, these compounds were obtained from living…