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What is medicinal or pharmaceutical chemistry?
What is medicinal or pharmaceutical chemistry?
Medicinal or pharmaceutical chemistry is a scientific discipline that combines chemistry and pharmacy to design and develop pharmaceutical drugs.
What does medicinal chemistry involve?
What does medicinal chemistry involve?
Medicinal chemistry involves the identification, synthesis, and development of new chemical entities suitable for therapeutic use. It also includes the study of existing drugs, their biological properties, and their quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR).
What other disciplines does medicinal chemistry combine with?
What other disciplines does medicinal chemistry combine with?
Medicinal chemistry is a highly interdisciplinary science that combines organic chemistry with biochemistry, computational chemistry, pharmacology, molecular biology, statistics, and physical chemistry.
What are the two broad classes of compounds used as medicines?
What are the two broad classes of compounds used as medicines?
What are 'biologics' in medicinal chemistry?
What are 'biologics' in medicinal chemistry?
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Medicinal Chemistry
Medicinal Chemistry
A branch of science that combines chemistry and pharmacy to develop drugs.
Drug Development
Drug Development
The process of identifying, synthesizing, and testing new treatments.
Small Organic Molecules
Small Organic Molecules
Common type of medication, including many everyday drugs.
Biologics
Biologics
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Interdisciplinary Science
Interdisciplinary Science
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Study Notes
Medicinal Chemistry Overview
- Medicinal chemistry is a scientific discipline that combines chemistry and pharmacy to design and develop pharmaceutical drugs.
Scope of Medicinal Chemistry
- Involves identifying, synthesizing, and developing new chemical entities for therapeutic use.
- Includes studying existing drugs, their biological properties, and quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR).
Interdisciplinary Nature
- Combines organic chemistry with biochemistry, computational chemistry, pharmacology, molecular biology, statistics, and physical chemistry.
Classification of Medicinal Compounds
- Medicinal compounds are typically organic compounds, divided into two broad classes:
- Small organic molecules (e.g., atorvastatin, fluticasone, clopidogrel)
- Biologics (e.g., infliximab, erythropoietin, insulin glargine), which are often medicinal preparations of proteins (natural and recombinant antibodies, hormones)
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