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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

312495 (v.1) Medicinal and Biological Chemistry 321

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Tutition Patterns

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Unit references, texts and outcomes

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Area: Department of Chemistry
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 6.0
Lecture: 2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Fortnightly
Laboratory: 1 x 4 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 312493 (v.2) Biological Chemistry 221 or any previous version
Syllabus: Medicinal chemistry Drug discovery, natural products (including indigenous organisms). Drug design, optimising target interactions and target access. Quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR). Selected topics in medicinal chemistry, topics may include: antibacterial, antiviral, anticancer, opiate drugs. Chemical Sensors Principles of molecular recognition, chemical sensor design including biosensors and detection techniques. Applications of sensors to clinical diagnostics and related measurements, examples may include: glucose detectors, metal ion sensors, oxygen sensors, alcohol detectors (breathalyzer). Metals in medicine Introduction to design and application of metal based drugs. Biochemistry of cis-platin for the treatment ofcancer. Biochemistry of sodium stibogluconate for the treatment of Leishmaniasis infection. Toxicity of heavy metals. Metal based contrast agents for optical, X-ray, and MRI diagnostics. Laboratory experiments illustrating techniques and reaction types
Field of Education: 010500 Chemical Sciences (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*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
2011 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