ATENOLOL - presented by RAVI BHANDARI for CHEMICAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. IMPERIAL COLLEGE, LONDON.

REFERENCES

Every effort has been made to acknowledge the sources of research, which have allowed me to construct this chemoinformatics project on ATENOLOL. I would like to emphasise that all information has been interpreted and translated into my own words, relevant to the course and content of the investigation.

HOME

1) "What is a drug ?..."

Oxford English Dictionary (page 165)
Compiled by Ostler, G.
Clarendon Press, 1969.

2) ATENOLOL SYNONYMS

(i) Chemical Fact Sheet
Orica Limited
January 1999
Copyright 1992–1999 Orica Limited, ACN 004 145 868.

(ii) http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com
(iii)http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/rxlist.cgi?drug=atenolol

2) "What is a drug ?..."

Oxford English Dictionary (page 165)
Compiled by Ostler, G.
Clarendon Press, 1969.

3) "a-ten-o-lol" pronunciation

(i) Source Wave Sound downloaded from :

http://www.drugdigest.org/DD/DVH/Uses/0,3915,54%7CAtenolol,00.html

 

INTRODUCTION

1) WHAT IS ATENOLOL ?

http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/~hs0dad/profile/atenolol/what.htm

2) HYPERTENSION

(i) Keywords : "Hypertension", "high blood pressure", "beta-blockers"

Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 2003. © 1993-2002 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

(ii) American Society Of Hypertension ©

http://www.ash-us.org/

3) "KEY QUESTIONS ANSWERED...BETA BLOCKER, ARRHYTHMIAS..."

THE HUTCHINSON SCIENCE ENCYCLOPEDIA
1998 Edition
Helicon

4) "HISTORY OF ATENOLOL"

a(i) http://www.m-web.com/iciindia/atenolol.html

b(i) Black, Sir James Whyte

Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 2003. © 1993-2002 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

b(ii) Black, Sir James Whyte - Autobiography

http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1988/black-autobio.html

5) Propranolol

(i) http://www.vitacost.com/science/hn/Drug/Propranolol.htm

6) The Top 200 Prescriptions for 2002 by Number of US Prescriptions Dispensed

(i) http://www.rxlist.com/top200.htm

 

PHYSICAL

1) Physical Properties

a(i) Beilstein

Keywords : ATENOLOL, physical, enantiomers

b(i) "SO WHICH ENANTIOMER IS ACTUALLY USED TO MAKE ATENOLOL ?"

Result from Journal found by Beilstein

J . Org. Chem. 1992, Volume 57, No. 22, 6003-6005
Lipase Catalysis in Organic Solvents. Application to the Synthesis of (R)-
and (S)-Atenolol
H. S. Bevinakatti and A. A. Banerji

2) Physical Properties : Solubility

(i) http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/~hs0dad/profile/atenolol/physprop.htm

3) Safety data for ATENOLOL

(i) http://physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/AT/atenolol.html

5) ATENOLOL drug profile

(i) www.orica.com.au/resource/chemfact/ pdffiles/atenolol.pdf

 

SPECTROSCOPY

1) FUNDAMENTALS OF MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY

Functional group, mass fragment and general peak information

FUNDAMENTALS OF MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
Fourth edition
Colin N. Banwell and Elaine M. McCash

2) IR, MASS, NMR SPECTRA

A special thank you for the online e-spectra made available by

The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

(i) http://www.aist.go.jp/RIODB/SDBS/sdbs/owa/sdbs_sea.cre_frame_disp?sdbsno=16620

 

SYNTHESIS

1) (i) SO WHAT IS THE MAGIC RECIPE ? : basic understanding of mechanistic pathway

Lipase Catalysis in Organic Solvents. Application to the Synthesis of (R)-
and (S)-Atenolol

J . Org. Chem. 1992, Volume 57, No. 22, 6003-6005
H. S. Bevinakatti and A. A. Banerji

2) What is LIPASE ?

(i) http://www.enzymeessentials.com/HTML/lipase.html

3) What is Pseudomonas Cepacia ?

(i) http://www.agrobiologicals.com/glossary/G4464.htm

3) What is Candida Cylindracea ?

(i) National Library Medicine

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7788294&dopt=Abstract

 

BIOCHEMISTRY

1) ATENOLOL Pharmacology

(i) http://www.infomed.org/100drugs/atenphar.html

2) ATENOLOL Biochemical pathway

(i) http://petplace.netscape.com/articles/artShow.asp?artID=1530

3) Cardiovascular Effects

(i) http://synmed.snu.ac.kr/courses/graduate/medchem/wsjang.ppt

3) Nitrates, Digoxin and Calcium Channel Blockers

(i) http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/anaes/lectures/pforrest/Nitrates-Digoxin%20talk.htm

 

SIDE-EFFECTS

1) ATENOLOL TABLETS BP PRESCRIPTION

ACTUAL INFORMATION LEAFLET ACCOMPANYING AN ATENOLOL PRESCRIPTION

(...thanks Dad !)

Patient Information Leaflet
CP Pharmaceuticals Limited
Wrexham UK

2) ATENOLOL Pharmokinetics

(i) http://www.mdbrowse.com/Druginf/a/atenolol.htm

3) ATENOLOL Side-Effects

(i) http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/atenolol.htm

 

THE FUTURE

1) (i) ATENOLOL'S OCULAR SIDE EFFECT

a(i) Beilstein

Keywords : ATENOLOL, beta blocker, ocular, side effect

Result from Journal found by Beilstein

ABSTRACT : Topical ophthalmic blockers may cause release of histamine through cytotoxic effects on inflammatory cells
Br. J. Ophthalmol., Sep 2000; 84: 1004 - 1007.
Luc M van Beek, Marcel Mulder, Nicolaas J van Haeringen, and Aize Kijlstra

2) BETA-BLOCKER PHARMACOLOGICAL COMPARISON

(i) http://www.toprol-xl.com/HCP/8_pharmacologya.asp

4) Immunoglobulin E

(i) http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/IgE

5) ATENOLOL REDUCES POSTOPERATIVE MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA

National Library of Medication
Department of Anesthesia, San Francisco VA Medical Center, University of California, USA

(i) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=98107539

6) Effect of Atenolol on Symptomatic Ventricular Arrhythmia Without Structural Heart Disease: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Study

http://www.medscape.com/content/2002/00/44/67/446751/446751_fig.html

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A SPECIAL THANK YOU...

I would to say a special thank you to the following :

Professor Henry Rzepa - for the lecture course @ C.I.T.

Mr. Alan Ng (fellow chemist) - for enlightening me with the wonders of the Beilstein database.

Google Image Search - for the diversity of ATENOLOL related results it yielded.

Animation Factory - for the quality of animation and images provided.


FINALLY, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I HOPE THIS SITE WAS AS INFORMATIVE FOR YOU, AS IT WAS FOR ME WHILST PRODUCING IT.


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