Undergraduate Catalog

CHEM 423 Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry

This course introduces students to the principles of modern medicinal chemistry from drug action to the design and development of drugs and medicines. Students discover what factors need to be considered in designing effective drug molecules and how their physico-chemical characteristics and therapeutic properties are related. The action and fate of pharmaceuticals in the body are described within various physiological systems, with the discussion of specific case studies of successful drugs.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

CHEM 322, CHEM 332

Offered

Fall