Medicinal Chemistry 715

30:715:306 Pharmaceutical Chemistry (3) Principles of organic and inorganic pharmaceutical analysis. Lec. 3 hrs. Prerequisites: 01:160:311; 01:640:135; 01:750:161; 01:960:401.

30:715:360 Pharmaceutical Biochemistry (2) Introduction to drug interaction in basic biochemical processes. Includes enzyme inhibitors, antimetabolites, and detoxification enzymes. Prerequisite: 11:115:301.

30:715:450 Drugs: Structure and Function (3) Provides a survey of the major pharmaceutical agents in clinical use. Emphasis is placed on the influence of chemical structure in the elicitation of pharmacological effects. Prerequisite: Undergraduate organic chemistry. 

30:715:451 Research Techniques in Medicinal Chemistry (3) Basic course for students preparing to do research in medicinal chemistry. Topics covered include information management, computer methods, basic laboratory techniques, bioassay techniques, metabolism, prodrugs, and quantitative structure-activity relationships. Prerequisite: Undergraduate organic chemistry.

30:715:452 Principles of Drug Design (3) Topics covered include identifying new drug leads, drug absorption and distribution, pharmacomodulation, enzymes and receptors as targets, peptidomimetics, computer-aided drug design, and combinatorial chemistry. Prerequisite: Undergraduate organic chemistry.

30:715:453 Herbal Medicines and Nutraceuticals (2) Introduction to basic aspects of natural products chemistry as well as mechanisms associated with absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of endogenous compounds and xenobiotics. Topics covered include disease states wherein herbal medicines and nutraceuticals have been suggested as having beneficial effects.

30:715:495,496,497,498 Research in Medicinal Chemistry (BA) Undergraduate research in medicinal chemistry. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. No more than two semesters of research courses may be used to satisfy degree requirements.