Medicinal Chemistry Quiz

<p>Organic chemistry, biochemistry, and pharmacology</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Their biological properties and quantitative structure-activity relationships</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Medicinal or pharmaceutical chemistry is a scientific discipline at the intersection of chemistry and pharmacy involved with designing and developing pharmaceutical drugs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Medicinal chemistry involves the identification, synthesis and development of new chemical entities suitable for therapeutic use.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The broad classes of compounds used as medicines are small organic molecules (e.g., atorvastatin, fluticasone, clopidogrel) and 'biologics' (infliximab, erythropoietin, insulin glargine).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Medicinal chemistry is a highly interdisciplinary science combining organic chemistry with biochemistry, computational chemistry, pharmacology, molecular biology, statistics, and physical chemistry.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The main components of medicinal chemistry include the identification, synthesis and development of new chemical entities, the study of existing drugs and their properties, and the quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR).</p> Signup and view all the answers