Course Outline

COURSE DETAILS

Course title

Medicinal Chemistry –III

 

Entry qualifications

Must be completed Medicinal Chemistry –I & II

 

Maximum number in class

30

 

Average class contact hours per week

3 Hours

Examining body

Mashiur Rahman

Academic level

B. Pharm

Duration of course

6 Months

Teacher/Course Leader responsible for the course

Mashiur Rahman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brief outline of the course content and its delivery:

 

Lecture No.

Topics Name/

Chapter Name

Sub-topics /

Lecture Topics

L-1

 

 

 

Combinatorial

Chemistry

Introduction & general discussion on combinatorial chemistry.

L-2

Definition, design & general concept of Combinatorial synthesis, its role in medicinal chemistry.

L-3

Solid Phase technique- advantages & requirements. Chemistry of linkers & protecting group. Merrifield’s peptide synthesis.

L-4

Parallel synthesis. Mixed synthesis- mix & split method, isolating active compound.

L-5

Structure determination of active compound. Encoding combinatorial libraries. Solution phase Combinatorial synthesis- parallel techniques.

L-6

Mixed solution phase synthesis. Chemistry & use of soluble supports. Limitation of combinatorial synthesis. Designing of combinatorial synthesis.

QUIZ TEST-1, Marks-10

L-7 to L-8

 

Chemical & physicochemical property & SAR of some medicinal groups

Proton pump inhibitors- structure of proton pump, mechanism of acid secretion, synthesis of a PPI. Mechanism, design & SAR of proton pump inhibitors

L-9

Tranquilizing agent-types & mechanism.

L-10 to L-11

Anti-diarrheal agents: Chemistry, mechanism & SAR.

L-12

Anti-tubercular agents: therapeutic classification, mechanism & SAR.

QUIZ TEST-2, Marks-10

Assignment (Marks 5)

Midterm Examination (25 marks)

L-13

Chemical & physicochemical property & SAR of some medicinal groups

Anti-asthmatic drug: Pathogenesis & treatment of asthma. Therapeutic classification of anti asthmatic drug, their mechanism & SAR.

L-14

Anti-malarial agents: Causes of malaria, stages of development of malaria & target for drug action. Malarial vaccines. Drug therapy

L-15

Mechanism, SAR & metabolism of various types of anti-malarial drugs. Polycyclic Anti-malarial Drugs, New Anti-malarial Drugs

Presentation (5 marks)

L-16

Chemical & physicochemical property & SAR of some medicinal groups

 Anti-cancer agents: tumor cell properties, biological properties of anticancer drugs. Types of anticancer drugs.

L-17

Alkylating agents- Chemistry & mechanism. Alkylation of guanine of DNA.

L-18

Antimetabolites- Chemistry, synthesis & mechanism.

L-19

Anticancer antibiotics & Other anticancer agents.

QUIZ TEST-3, Marks-10

L-20

Chemical & physicochemical property & SAR of some medicinal groups

Membrane acting drugs: Drugs acting on Ca++, K+, Na+ channels.

L-21

Antithyroid drugs: Disease involved in thyroid gland, Types of therapeutic agents

L-22

Thyroid hormone analogues- SAR & conformational properties.

L-23

Hormonal drugs: Clinical applications of Oral contraceptives and steroidal hormones, their aspects of biosynthesis. Hormone replacement therapy.

L-24

L-25

Hormonal drugs: Drug metabolism & SAR.

L-26

Natural products and secondary metabolites as drugs

Vitamins: The clinical aspects of the vitamins and their effects on free radicals, synthesis of the vitamins

L-27

Vitamins: synthesis & mechanism of action of vitamins.

L-28

Alkaloids: Alkaloids as pharmaceutical raw materials, opium and analogues of opium.

L-29

Alkaloids:  synthesis of papaverine and ephedrine, clinical comparison of ephedrine and epinephrine.

L-30

Glycosides: Chemical and clinical aspects of digoxin and other digitalis glycosides, Steroids & Antisteroids

                                                  Semester Final Examination (50 marks)                                  

 


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