311048 (v.1) Medicinal Chemistry 301

Area:	School of Pharmacy
Credits:	12.5
Contact Hours:	3.5
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x .5 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	311034 (v.1) Pharmaceutical Analysis 200 AND 311041 (v.1) Clinical Toxicology and Pharmacokinetics 222
Syllabus:	Drug discovery and design an overview of the various stages, processes and technologies used in the drug discovery and design, particularly drug screening and lead compound optimisation. Discussion of miscellaneous medicinal concepts and principles applied in drug discovery including the role of molecular modeling. The principles and applications of prodrugs in drug design and delivery. Medicinal chemistry of selected drug groups: discussion of the medicinal chemistry ofclincally relevant drug groups. This includes the basic chemical structure, SAR and the key chemical, biological and medicinal properties. These drug groups will include CNS-acting drugs, peptide drugs, steroidal drugs, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory(NSAIDs), cardiovascular drugs antimicrobial drugs, anticancer drugs, gastrointestinal tract-acting drugs, metabolic and endocrine-acting drugs.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	019907 Pharmacology
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External