PP3150 - Chemical Pharmacology
Credit points: | 03 |
Year: | 2016 |
Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
Administered by: | College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Sciences |
The general principles of drug action, focussing on the major targets for drug action, drug-receptor interactions, chemotherapy, drug design, pharmacognosy and drug screening, toxicology and measurements in pharmacology.
Learning Outcomes
- current approaches to the development of new pharmaceutical agents, including drug design, drug screening and natural product pharmacology;
- how drug treatments may be aimed at specific targets, increasing the efficacy of treatment and reducing side effects;
- how drugs are able to affect the functioning of living systems;
- the principles of selective toxicity and the development of antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal and cancer chemotherapy agents;
- the rationale behind drug formulations and different routes of administration, the time course of drug action, drug metabolism and toxicology.
Prerequisites: | BC2024 |
Availabilities | |
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
Census Date 24-Mar-2016 | |
Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Zoltan Sarnyai |
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Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); written laboratory assignments (40%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.