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Mini-Reviews
in Medicinal Chemistry
ISSN: 1389-5575 - Volume 8, 14 Issues, 2008
Instructions for Authors
Manuscripts should be submitted openly to one of the
following Editors without prior invitation at the following addresses:
Prof. A. Paul Krapcho
The University of Vermont
Department of Chemistry
Cook Physical Science Building
Burlington, Vermont
USA
Tel: (+1)-802 656-0271
Fax: (+1)-802 656-8705
E-mail: A.Paul.Krapcho@uvm.edu
Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman, FRS
H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry
University of Karachi
Karachi-75270
Pakistan
Tel: (+92)-21-482-4924 , (+92)-21-482-4925
Fax:(+92)-21-461-2073 , (+92)-21-497-7491, (+92)-21-497-5781,
(+92)-21-481-9018, (+92)-21-481-9019
E-mail: mhej@cyber.net.pk
Dr. Patrice Talaga
Associate Director, Discovery Technologies
Global Chemistry, R&D
UCB
Chemin du Foriest
B-1420 Braine-l'Alleud
Belgium
Tel. (32.2) 386.27.27
Fax (32.2) 386.27.04
E-mail : patrice.talaga@ucb-group.com
Prof. M. Iqbal Choudhary
H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry
University of Karachi
Karachi-75270
Pakistan
Tel: (+92)-21-482-4924, (+92)-21-482-4925
Fax:(+92)-21-461-2073, (+92)-21-497-7491, (+92)-21-497-5781,
(+92)-21-481-9018, (+92)-21-481-9019
E-mail: hej@cyber.net.pk
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Editor, prior to submitting the full manuscript. The submitted
abstract should outline the intended contents and coverage
of their article. The manuscript, written in English, should
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All authors must strictly follow the guidelines below for
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Medicinal Chemistry.
Editorial
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In preparing artwork or graphics for publication, keep in mind the following points.
- Submit the original artwork or a photographic
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case of hardcopy submission, color illustrations and plates can be published from
35 mm color slides. Chemical Structures: Chemical structures must
be prepared according to the guidelines below. Structures should be prepared
using a suitable drawing program e.g. ChemDraw and provided as separate file,
submitted both on disk and in printed formats.
Numbers in bold should identify all chemical structure. If
a name is also used to describe the compound, the associated
number in bold should be in parenthesis, e.g. “compound
(1)”.
Structure
Drawing Preferences: [As according to the ACS style sheet] Drawing
Settings:
Chain angle 120°
Bond spacing 18% of width Fixed length 14.4
pt (0.500cm, 0.2in) Bold width
2.0 pt (0.071cm, 0.0278in) Line width
0.6 pt (0.021cm, 0.0084in) Margin width
1.6 pt (0.096cm) Harsh spacing 2.5 pt (0.088cm, 0.0347in) Text
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New Roman / Helvetica Size 10pt Under
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points Tolerances 3
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100% References: For the format of references,
see the ACS Style Guide, pp 106-114, Examples: Journal
Reference:
Barton, D.H.R.; Brewster, A.G.; Ley, S.V.; Rosenfield, M.N.
J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 1977, 147,
2356.
Book
Reference:
Rahman, A.-U.; Shah, Z. Stereoselective Synthesis in Organic
Chemistry, Springer-Verlag: New York, 1993.
Book Chapter
Reference:
Wheeler, D.M.S.; Wheeler, M.M. In Studies in Natural Products
Chemistry; Atta-ur-Rahman, Ed.; Elsevier Science B. V:
Amsterdam, 1994; Vol. 14, pp. 3-46.
Abstracts, unpublished data and personal communications
(which can only be included if the permission has been obtained) should not be
given in the reference section but they may be mentioned in the text with details
provided as footnotes. All authors of referenced papers must be cited and there
must be no use of the short hand version of et al. when citing the authors.
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