Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1
New Pharmacological Applications of Dextromethorphan
(Xuan Qin and Xin Wang, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China)
Chapter 2
Pharmacogenetics of Dextromethorphan: A Systematic Review
(Yu Zhang, Min Huang and Huichang Bi, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, China, and others)
Chapter 3
Supra-Additive Cutaneous Anesthesia in the Rat from Combining Lidocaine with Dextromethorphan
(J. K. Birknes, J. G. Thalhammer, and G. R. Strichartz, Pain Research Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA, and others)
Chapter 4
Dextromethorphan: Pharmacodynamic and Toxicological Profile
(Ondřej Zendulka and Gabriela Dovrtělová, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice, Brno, Czech Republic)
Chapter 5
Toxic and Beneficial Effects of Dextromethorphan on Central Nervous System
(Mingfang He and Lingling Jiang, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Institute of Translational Medicine, Nanjing Tech University, China)
Chapter 6
Assessment of Cytochrome P450 2D6 in Dextromethorphan-Herb Interactions
(Ang Chen and Xin Wang, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China)
Chapter 7
Dextromethorphan as a Probe Drug for CYP2D6 and CYP3A4 Phenotyping
(Jan Juřica, Miroslav Turjap, Kristýna Nosková, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice, Brno, Czech Republic, and others)
Chapter 8
Pharmacology and Clinical Uses of Dextromethorphan
(Zhenliang Sun, South campus of Sixth People’s Hospital , Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China)
Chapter 9
Dextromethorphan Pharmacokinetics and Drug-Drug Interactions
(Xiaoqiang Xiang and Weimin Cai, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China)
Chapter 10
Dextromethorphan: A Mini Review of Clinical Uses and Health Effects
(Ying Zhan and Kang Xu, Zhongda hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China)
Index
This book is to meet the needs from basic molecular biochemists, pharmacologists, pharmacists, medical students, clinical practitioners and scientists, as well as broad readers who wish to understand the pharmacology of DM and its clinical use.
