Bøger af Ananda Kumar

"Man is a travelling social animal." This book has three well-constructed finely crafted stories to offer, all set in Namma Madras which is represented as an enigmatic microcosm of today's world. The design of this book is predicated on the truism that human progress is the intractable notion of moving forward.The protagonists of the three stories accordingly endure an existential soul-searching journey that is equally physical and metaphorical in nature: a travel from their pasts toward their futures. The first story is a fast-paced love poem about two children who wander the streets of Madras, hopping around like modern day nomads. The second story is high intensity drama, very much on the lines of a courtroom drama, except that here, the action takes place in a police station. The writer community would appreciate the third story, for they may have gone through the much-despised "writer's block" themselves... A young writer is on the verge of an emotional breakdown on account of his sudden inability to unclog the intricacies of his emotions on paper - how is that not hilarious! As you turn the pages, Vanakam Cosmos is all about the profundity of the ineluctable fledgling worlds of people and undiscovered emotions.

The modern medicinal chemistry utilizes several novel drug discovery tools to identify the drug-like molecules (lead) and to convert them into therapeutically potential molecules. The advanced and adequate practice in synthetic medicinal chemistry is essential for pharmacy graduates (B. Pharmacy and M. Pharmacy) to receive recognition in academia and industry sectors. This book titled Experimental Organic and Medicinal Chemistry-Principles & Practice consists of several topics covering both theory and practical concepts. The material spreads into synthetic and analytical approaches. The synthetic approach includes synthesis of drugs and drug intermediates and green synthetic strategy. The analytical approach deals with estimations of drugs, qualitative analysis of inorganic, organic and natural products, isolation and determination of active principles from natural sources. In addition, safety measurements, general laboratory practices, preparation of a few solutions and reagents are included as a ready reference. This book is a good companion for students of B. Pharmacy and a source book for M. Pharmacy (Pharmaceutical chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry) and other Pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry disciplines.Salient features of this book are Systematic descriptions in simple language. Neat and self explanatory chemical reaction mechanisms. The role of reagents, alternative reagents and hazards associated are highlighted. Pharmaceutical relevance of chemical reactions are described. Limit tests, qualitative analysis of inorganic, natural and synthetic organic compounds are described in a lucid manner. Estimations of natural and organic-medicinal compounds along with isolation of active principles are discussed.