... Health Sciences, PO Box 12233, MD F 1-0 5, 111 Alexan-der Drive Research Triangle Park, NC 2770 9-2 233, USA.Christoph Funk, Hoffmann-La Roche, PRBN-T, Bldg. 73/311B, CH-4070, Basel, Switzerland.Panos ... Breidenbach, Hoffmann-La Roche, PRBN-T, Bldg. 73/311B, CH-4070, Basel, Switzerland.xviixviii CONTRIBUTORSCurt M. Breneman, Department of Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti-tute, 110 Eighth ... Bldg. 73/311B, CH-4070, Basel, Switzerland.Tomoko Niwa, Discovery Research Laboratories, Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd. 14, Nishinosho-Monguchi-cho, Kisshoin, Minami-ku Kyoto, 60 1-8 550, Japan. (t.niwa@po.nippon-shinyaku.co.jp)Axel...