The Chemistry and Biology of Beta-Lactams

"This new volume, The Chemistry and Biology of Beta-Lactams, provides the most updated information about beta-lactams relating to both the pharmaceutical industry and synthetic chemistry. It provides valuable information regarding antibiotic activities as well as chemical reactivities of beta-lactams, which are important because they are commonly applied as antibiotics in the treatment of bacterial infections. Presenting the most up-to-date literature information on beta-lactams, the volume provides comprehensive coverage of most of the known beta-lactam antibiotics with both structural and biological information, antibiotic mechanisms, self-defense mechanisms of bacteria, nearly all known synthetic methods for the preparation of beta-lactams, and possible reactions in which beta-lactams can participate"--