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Structure-Activity Relationships of H1-Receptor Antagonists

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Histamine II and Anti-Histaminics

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In this chapter the structure-activity relationships of H1-receptor antagonists are surveyed and discussed.

Part of the contents of Paragraph III.D were prepublished in Eur. J. Med. Chem. 10, 557–562 (1975) and incorporated here with the consent of the publisher of this journal.

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Nauta, W.T., Rekker, R.F. (1978). Structure-Activity Relationships of H1-Receptor Antagonists. In: Rocha e Silva, M. (eds) Histamine II and Anti-Histaminics. Handbuch der experimentellen Pharmakologie / Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 18 / 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66445-8_5

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