Medicinal Chemistry

CH 4100: Pharmacodynamics and Drug Action: Molecular Mechanisms I (4 Cr.):
This course teaches students to rationalize and predict the ways a drug’s chemical structure dictates its medicinal properties, routes of metabolism, and physical properties. Special attention is given to the relationship of structure to biological activity, generic nomenclature, and molecular mechanisms. (Prerequisite: CH 3100)

CH 4120: Pharmacodynamics and Drug Action: Molecular Mechanisms II (3 Cr.):
A continuation of CH 4100. Three hours of lecture each week. (Prerequisite: CH 4100)

CH 4710 Medicinal Chemistry Case Studies (3 Cr.):
By connecting the fundamental principles of medicinal chemistry (structure-activity relationships, receptor site theory) with a patient, the disease state and any other information that may be pertinent, the student will learn to make appropriate decisions about drug products, dosages, metabolic complications and how the patient affects the choice of a product. (Prerequisite or co-requisite: CH 4001)