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Heterocyclic chemistry is a scientific discipline at the intersection of chemistry and medicinal chemistry involved with designing, synthesizing and developing pharmaceutical drugs. Medicinal chemistry is a highly inter disciplinary science combining organic chemistry with biochemistry, pharmacology, pharmacognosy, molecular biology, statistics and physical chemistry. The discovery of a new drug requires not only its design and synthesis but also the development of testing methods and procedures, which are needed to establish how a substance operates in the body and its suitability for use a drug.

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Dr.K.V.Goswami is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at The H.N.S.B.Ltd.Science College, Himatnagar, which is affiliated to Hem.North Gujarat University.He has been working with Dr. T.K.Goswami and Dr.S.N.Prajapati for this book.

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