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Chemicals as Drugs
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Chemistry
Undergraduate 1
09/17/2011

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medicinal chemistry
Definition
study of drug design to optimize PK,PD, pharmacology, and synthesis of new drug candidates
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pharmaceutics
Definition
study and design of drug formulations for optimal delivery, stability, PK, and patient acceptance
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pharmacology
Definition
study of biochemical and physiological effects of drugs on organisms
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pharmacodynamics
Definition
study of cellular and molecular interactions of drugs with their receptors
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pharmacokinetics
Definition
study of the factors that control or influence the concentration of drugs in various tissues or organs of the body
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toxicology
Definition
study of toxic effects of drugs and chemicals
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pharmacogenomics
Definition
study of inheritance of characteristics patterns of interaction between drugs and organisms to explain pharmacodynamics response
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types of nomenclature
Definition
-IUPAC
-common name
-compound name
-generic name
-brand (trade) name
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partition coefficient
Definition
conc. drug in octanol/conc. drug in aq. buffer
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p<1
Definition
polar
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p>1
Definition
non polar
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physical/chemical properties
Definition
-melting/boiling pt
-solubility
-molecular weight/shape
-acid/base properties
-chemical reactivity/stability
-molecular formula
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P is dependent on
Definition
water solubility, H bonding, and lipid solubility
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plays an important role in acid/base properties and ionization
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water
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rate of extent of oral absorption is proportional to
Definition
-extent of ionization
-aqueous solubility
-lipid solubility
-pH of stomach/small intestine
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chemical reactivity/stability is important in terms of
Definition
shelf life
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chemical properties influence choice of
Definition
-dosage form
-shelf live
-drug-drug, drug-food incompatibilities
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sources of drugs
Definition
-natural
-semi synthetic
-synthetic
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natural products
Definition
-pre 1930s
-plants
-animal tissues
-bacteria/fungi
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plants
Definition
-extracts using aqueous organic solvents
-mixtures of related and unrelated substances
-pharmacognosy and natural products
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pharmacognosy
Definition
study of medicinal drugs obtained from plants
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diffcult in finding viable plant sources because of
Definition
cross contamination
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semi-synthetic products
Definition
-starting material from natural sources (analogs)
-improved pharmacological effects
-difficult functional groups
-biotechnological-derived biomolecules
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biotechnology-derived biomolecules
Definition
-isolated and identification of human gene DNA
-use of DNA to synthesize proteins in vitro
-modification of gene to improve properties of protein
-modification to the protein itself by enzymes
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synthetic products
Definition
-1940s-1980s
-total synthesis from inexpensive starting materials
-small molecule libraries from simple structural changes
-control over structural features and properties
-controversy over natural v. synthetic vitamins
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controversy over natural v. synthetic vitamins
Definition
-same chemical ingredient
-differ in degree of purity, inactive ingredients, by-products from 3rd world suppliers
-interest in contamination of natural products with heavy metals, noxious weeds, manufacturing by products
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