Charpentier, Paul

Paul B, Masih I, Deopujari J, Charpentier C. 1999. Occurrence of resveratrol and pterostilbene in age-old darakchasava, an ayurvedic medicine from India. J Ethno-pharmacol 68 71-76. 

In the 1950s, a more evidence-based approach to antipsychotic drug (AP) therapy was undertaken when structural variations of antihistamines were produced by a French scientist (Paul Charpentier), in order to make use of the unwanted sedative side effect produced by these drugs. Initially used to lower body temperature in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, chlorpromazine (Fig. II) was the first drug with antipsychotic properties successfully used in clinical trials [3],... 

Paul Charpentier University of Waterloo Supercritical fluids-A tool for... 

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