Current aspects of medical chemistry

Course: Chemistry (Master)

Structural unit: Faculty of Chemistry

Title
Current aspects of medical chemistry
Code
ВБ.8.01
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
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. P6. Know the methodology and organization of scientific research. P9. Collect, evaluate, and analyze the data wanted to solve complex chemistry problems using appropriate data methods and tools. P14. Interpret experimentally obtained data and correlate them with relevant theories in chemistry.
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
Approaches to drug development, basic knowledge of related sciences related to medical chemistry. Nicotine acetylcholine receptors and their ligands, basic concepts of medical chemistry, strategy for the identification of ice compounds, biological targets of drugs, as well as pharmacokinetic and toxicological aspects of medical chemistry.
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