Area: | School of Pharmacy |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
Lecture: | 3 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 6934 (v.4) Human Biology 136 or any previous version
AND
12931 (v.2) Pharmaceutical Biology 120 or any previous version
|
Co Requisite(s): | 11677 (v.3) Pharmaceutical Biology 233
|
Syllabus: | Enzymes, enzyme kinetics, implications for drug metabolism. Basic biochemistry of protein, fats and carbohydrates. Hormones and biochemical control. Nucleotide metabolism. DNA and the gene. Cellular biochemistry of calcium. Biochemical principles in drug action. Digestion and absorption. Nutrition. Biochemistry of vitamins and trace elements and antioxidant vitamins. |
| |
Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have demonstrated an advanced knowledge of the basic and applied aspects of human metabolism and its control. Developed an appreciation of the relevance of these concepts to pathophysiology and drug action. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Hardman J.G., et al, (1996), Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed., New York, Pergamon Press. Reynolds J.E.F., (Ed.), (1996), Martindale - The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 31st ed., London, The Pharmaceutical Press. |
Unit Texts: | Martin Jr. D.W., Mayes P.A., Roswell V.W. and Granner D.K., (2000), Harper's Biochemistry, 25th ed., Stamford, Appleton and Lange. |
| |
Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Practical Assessment 10%. Test 20%. Final Written Examination 70%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 60100 Medical Studies (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 3 |
|
Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
|
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
|
