Courses Handbook 2009

11679 (v.4) Pharmaceutical Biology 231


Area: School of Pharmacy
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
** 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: 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.3) Pharmaceutical Biology 120 or any previous version
    OR
    7288 (v.5) Pharmaceutical Biology 122 or any previous version
Syllabus: Enzymes, enzyme kinetics and their 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.
** 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: 010901 Biochemistry and Cell Biology
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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