CHM 379 - Medicinal Chemistry

Credits: 3

The course provides an introduction to drugs, their action and discovery. Topics covered include drug structure & solubility, structure-activity & quantitative structure relationships, drugs from natural sources, the role of biological membranes in drug delivery, the role of receptors & messengers, enzymes, and an introduction to drug and analogue synthesis.

Pre-Requisites: CHM 232 or CHM 235 or permission of instructor.
Terms Offered: Fall semester of odd numbered years.
Repeatable: May not be repeated for credit
Lecture: 3
Lab: 0
Discussion: 0
Clinical: 0