KO68: Medicinal Chemistry (6 ECTS)

STADS: 1003741

Level


Teaching period

Autumn semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: pon@ifk.sdu.dk

Timetable
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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
Organic Chemistry A (KO 02).

Course introduction
To make the participants familiar with important aspects of medicinal chemistry.

Expected learning outcome


Subject overview
Introduction of important aspects of development and design of drugs, including leads and pharmacophors, structural activity relations (SAR and QSAR), pharmaco-kinetics, drug metabolism and prodrugs. Furthermore, drugs designed for various targets will be treated: receptors, ion channels, enzymes or nuclllleeic acids as well as classes of drugs including antibacterial and antiviral drugs, anticancer drugs, cholinergie and adrenergic agonists and antagonists, bete-blockers, ACE inhibitors, opioates, antihistamins and anaestetics etc.

Literature

• Graham L. Patrick: An Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry 2nd Ed, Oxford, 2001.

Syllabus
See syllabus.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
Oral examination. Marks according to the Danish 13-point marking scale. Eternal examiner.Examination in oppositional terms only after acceptance from the Study Board.

Date of exam
The ordinary exam takes place on January 10, 2005 and January 11, 2005

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.

1-2 weekly double lessons per semester(54 lessons in total)consisting of lectures including plenary discussions and group work.Part of thr group work will be based on recent publications and will be followed by student presentations.
Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in Danish.

Remarks


Course enrollment
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Tuition fees for single courses
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