PHC 222 MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY -1- Part I

ABOUT THIS COURSE.. No. of Credits: 2 Student Level: 4 th Courses required: PHC 211 Teatchers: 1- Dr. Huda Al-Salem, Office No.: 8S74 2- Dr. Fatma Al- Omary, Office No.: 8S77 Textbooks: 1-Gareth Thomas. Medicinal Chemistry, An Introduction, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, first Edition, Williams, D.A. and Lemeke, T.L., Foye`s principle of Medicinal Chemistry, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA., 5 th Edition, 2002

COURSE EVALUATION Dr.Fatma CreditsDr.Huda CreditsType 20 MIDTERM 10 ACTIVITY 20 FINAL EXAM 50 TOTAL

Student Activity 4 marks for homework + 6 marks for a research

COURSE CONTENT TopicLecture No. Introduction0 Basic Medicinal Chemistry Terminology1 Principles of Drug Action2-6 Drug-Receptor Interaction7-10 Drug Metabolism11-20

INTRODUCTION

Medicinal Chemistry is a discipline at the intersection of chemistry and pharmacology which is involved with design, chemical synthesis and development of drugs

MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

The fields of Medicinal Chemistry are.. 1- Chemistry of natural and synthetic compounds 3- Design of better medicines that are more powerful and more selective 3- Synthesis of drugs 5- Mechanism of action of drugs 6- Metabolism of drugs