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PP3150 - Chemical Pharmacology
Credit points: |
3 |
Year: |
2012 |
Student Contribution Band: |
Band
4 |
Administered by: |
School of Veterinary & Biomedical 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.
Availabilities
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Townsville,
Study Period 1,
Internal
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Census Date 22-Mar-2012 |
Coordinator: |
Professor Zoltan Sarnyai |
Workload expectations: |
- 36 hours lectures
- 24 hours practicals
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Assessment: |
end of semester exam (70%); written laboratory assignments (30%). |
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