A Corporation and a Molecule The Story of Research at Syntex

Syntex Corporation

Verlag: Syntex Corp / Sam Smidt Associates and Printing, Palo Alto, CA, 1966

Beschreibung

B&W and Color Illustrations; This is a monograph published by the Syntex Corporation which gives a detailed description and history of the Steroid molecule and how they have adapted it to be used in a number of different pharmaceutical products, including anti-inflammatory agents and contraceptives. The monograph goes on to describe a number of different uses for steroids, pharmaceutical products the company has created and marketed, some history of the company and it's purpose and outlook, etc. A fascinating look at both a company philosophy and a early view of the subject of contraceptives from the pharmaceutical perspective. This paperback monograph is in Very Good to Near Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The covers have some edge wear, bumping and beginning rubbing, especially to the spine joints. The covers also have some waviness. The text pages are clean and bright. "If you look at a steroid in its pure form you will see a crystalline powder, white or nearly white; but a proper definition goes deeper than that. The word steroid means like a sterol. Sterols are certain solid alcohols that are abundant in animals and plants; the major sterol in man and other vertebrates is cholesterol." (from Wikipedia). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers A46434

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A Corporation and a Molecule The Story of ...

Verlag: Syntex Corp / Sam Smidt Associates and Printing, Palo Alto, CA

Erscheinungsdatum: 1966

Einband: Paperback

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition; 1st Printing.