BCH 556 - PRINCIPLES OF DRUG DESIGN

College of Medicine

Credits: 3

Introduction to medicinal chemistry will be explored through rational biochemical and physical organic chemical approaches to drug design, action and development. Structural features, physical properties, mechanism of action and metabolism of drug like molecules, forces that govern interaction of drug-like molecules with their targets, enzyme mechanisms and inhibition and xenobiotic metabolism will be illustrated with specific examples showing how drugs function at the molecular level.

Prerequisite(s):
Prereq: CHE 230, CHE 232, BIO 148, BIO 152.
Crosslisted with: PHS 556