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BIOC 31022

>< Type/Status : Compulsory
>< Title : Pharmaceutical chemistry
>< Pre-requisite : BIOC 22034
>< Co-requisite : BIOC 31031
>< Objectives : To provide a basic chemical aspects of drugs and fundamentals of drug development.
>< Course Content:

Drug discovery; action of drugs, drug metabolism and excretion, enzymes and drugs, receptor pharmacology, systematic drug development, modern therapeutics, impact of molecular biology & molecular modeling in drug discovery, traditional medicines and their quality assurance, drugs derived from botanicals and aromatherapy.

>< Process : A combination of lectures and tutorial discussions
>< Scheme of Evaluation : 100 % end of course examination
>< Recommended Reading :
1. Sammes, P. G. (1990), Comprehensive Medicinal Chemistry, Pergamon.
2. Patrick, G. L. (1998), An introduction to medicinal chemistry, Oxford.

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