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.
Babk