This book provides a systematic overview of pharmacology research using Caenorhabditis elegans. It introduces the value of C. elegans as a model organism, pharmacological bioavailability, dynamics, and metabolism, target pharmacology involving organs, organelles, molecules, pathogens, and gut microbes, as well as the pharmacological effects and underlying mechanisms of compounds and biochemical metabolites. The book also covers high-throughput drug screening and the identification of pharmacologically active compounds from plants and traditional Chinese medicines. It is intended for researchers and students in pharmacology and related biomedical fields.

Dr. Dayong Wang is a professor at the Medical School, Southeast University, China. He obtained his Ph.D. from Peking University in 2001 and completed his post-doctoral training at the University of Toronto from 2002 to 2004. His research focuses on toxicology and pathology using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model animal, fields in which he has published more than 250 research articles. Dr. Wang has published five books with Springer, all of which are centered on the toxicology in Caenorhabditis elegans.