Modern medical chemistry

Course: Chemistry (Master)

Structural unit: Faculty of Chemistry

Title
Modern medical chemistry
Code
ВБ.4.04
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2022/2023
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
P1. Knowledge to understand scientific concepts and modern theories of chemistry, as well as the fundamentals of related sciences. P2. Deeply understand the basic facts, concepts, principles and theories related to the subject area mastered during the master's program, use them to solve complex problems and problems, as well as conduct research in the relevant field of chemistry. P3. Apply the acquired knowledge and understanding to solve new qualitative and quantitative problems of chemistry. Р08. To know principles and procedures of physical, chemical, physicochemical research methods, typical equipment, and instruments. P13. Analyze scientific problems and propose their solutions on an abstract level by decomposing them into components that can be investigated separately.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Know organic chemistry at the bachelor's degree in Chemistry. 2. Have an idea of the basic principles of molecular biology.
Course content
Research of the chemical mechanism of action of drugs at the molecular level, as well as the development (design) and synthesis of drugs. Chemistry of natural medicinal substances (structure research, synthesis, analysis). Approaches to drug development, mechanisms of penetration of exogenous substances into the human body, their reception by the cell, and signal transduction of the ligand with provocation of the effect.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Kovtunenko V.O. Drugs with an effect on the central nervous system. – Kyiv-Irpin, Perun publishing house, 1997. – 462 p. 2. Kovtunenko V.O. Drugs with an effect on the peripheral nervous system. – Kyiv, "Treo-plus" publishing house, 2005. – 426 p. 3. Kovtunenko V.O. Selected sections of neurochemistry, 2019. – 147 p. (on-line) 4. Wermuth C G. The practice of medicinal chemistry, 4rd ed. – Amsterdam/Boston: Elsevier. – 2015. 5. Patrick G. L. An introduction to medicinal chemistry, 6th ed. – Oxford: Oxford University Press. – 2017.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods and criteria
Evaluation is carried out on a 100-point system. The maximum / minimum number of points that can be obtained by a student during the semester assessment is 100 points / 60 points. Current control - homework, tests (maximum 100 points)
Language of instruction
ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Oleksandr Olehovych Grygorenko
Organic Chemistry Department
Faculty of Chemistry

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Organic Chemistry Department
Faculty of Chemistry