1. Eichelbaum, M. & Gross, A. S. Stereochemical aspects of drug action and disposition. Adv. Drug Res. 28, 1–64 (1996).An excellent, authoritative review that focuses on the relative contributions of different stereoisomers to drug action.
2. Crossley, R. Chirality and the Biological Activity of Drugs (CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 1995).This book brings together the theoretical, commercial and practical aspects of chirality and biological activity of drugs and acts as a reference for the effects of enantiomers of drug substances.
3. Aboul-Enein, H. Y. & Wainer, I. W. (eds) The Impact of Stereochemistry on Drug Development and Use (Chemical Analysis Vol. 142) (Wiley, New York, 1997).
4. Triggle, D. J. Stereoselectivity of drug action. Drug Discov. Today 2, 138–147 (1997).
5. Caldwell, J. Through the looking glass in chiral drug development. Modern Drug Discov. 2, 51–60 (1999).A review of the opportunities for chiral drugs and the global regulatory environment that influences their development.