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PCH 503 — Principles of Drug Design

PCH department course · Nigerian universities

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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

describe procedures in drug design
design drugs, using bioinformatic principles
appreciate the role of molecular modification in drug design; and
describe correlation between chemical structure and bioactivity

Course contents

Introduction to drug design. Procedures for search for ‘leads’. Sources of leads (natural products - plants, animals, micro-organisms, serendipity, side effects of existing drugs, drug metabolites, screening of natural and synthetic banks of compounds for activity, analogue design – molecular modification of existing drugs, rational drug…

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study PCH 503.

PCH 503 — Principles of Drug Design

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Course contents

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