Chemistry (CHEM)
Department of Chemistry
Faculty of Science
CHEM 4406 [0.5 credit]
Pharmaceutical Drug Design
Important elements of rational drug design. Ligand-receptor interactions, structure-activity relationships, molecular modeling of pharmacophores, structure and mechanism-based approaches to drug design. Enzyme inhibition in chemotherapy and design of anti-viral drugs.
Prerequisite:
CHEM 2103 and (
CHEM 2203 or
CHEM 2207),
BIOC 3101 and (
BIOC 3102 or BIOC 3008).
Lectures and laboratory five hours a week.