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12931 (v.2) Pharmaceutical Biology 120



 

Area:School of Pharmacy
Contact Hours:3.0
Credits:25.0
Lecture:1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Co Requisite(s):6933 (v.5) Human Biology 135
Eucaryotic and procaryotic cells - Introduction to micro-organisms, molecular biochemistry, intercellular communication, structure and function of nucleic acids. Infestations of the skin, gastrointestinal tract and malaria. Comparative muscle - cardiac skeletal and smooth muscle. Nervous systems - nerve metabolism, cholinergic and adrenergic mechanisms other transmitter substances and synaptic transmission. Inflammation and trauma. Cardiovascular system - regulatory mechanisms and their therapeutic implications, pacemaker tissue, arrhythmias, drug effects on cardiac metabolism, heart and special circulatory disorders and oedema. Body fluid electrolyte balance and diuresis.

 
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