Hi, August's Molecule of the Month is Finasteride (tradename Propecia), which is a drug used to treat male pattern baldness recently approved by the FDA in America. It has been submitted by Matthew J. Dowd from the Medical College of Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA. Versions: HTML: <http://www.phc.vcu.edu/feature/finasteride/finasteride.html> CHIME: <http://www.phc.vcu.edu/feature/finasteride/finasteride2.html> MOTM Home: <http://www.bristol.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/MOTM/motm.htm> Regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Paul May, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK tel: +44 (0)117 928-9927, fax: +44 (0)117 925-1295 <mailto:paul.may@bris.ac.uk> <http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/staff/pwm.htm> "Now listen brain, you know I don't like you, and you don't like me, but let's just get through this test and I can get back to killing you with beer", Homer Simpson. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)