Medicinal chemistry III A (3 points)
(PHA)
Leader: Dr Edward Lloyd
Offered:
Parkville First semester 2005 (Day)
Synopsis:
Objectives: Students will develop an: - Understanding of the relationship between the chemical structure and biological activity of drugs and endogenous substances; mechanisms of drug action at a molecular level; the physiochemical basis for drug delivery; absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of drugs from a chemical perspective. - Ability in the area of recognising drug moieties important for drug-receptor interactions; applying chemical rationale to devising alternative forms of drug presentation; using chromatographic techniques for therapeutic drug monitoring. - Appreciation of modern drug design and development; computer-graphics techniques in pharmaceutical science; the chemical basis for drug toxicity and drug interactions; biological applications of spectroscopic techniques.
Assessment:
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