Welcome to your Mechanisms of Action Quiz 1
1. Which of the following drugs is a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor?
2. Which drug works as a competitive reversible inhibitor of DPP-4, reducing enzymatic inactivation of the incretin hormones, GLP-1 and GIP?
3. Which of the following drugs works by binding to intracellular FK-binding protein 12, with this complex further inhibiting mTOR – a cytoplasmic kinase?
4. Which of the following drugs works as an osmotic laxative?
5. Which of the following drugs works by inhibiting the enzyme acetylcholinesterase?
6. Which of the following drugs is a reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase A?
7. Which of the following drugs works by inhibiting HIV integrase, thereby preventing DNA strand transfer from the viral genome?
8. Which of the following drugs blocks CNS NK1 receptors?
9. Which drug works by inhibiting plasmodial dihydrofolate reductase which, in turn, inhibits folate production?
10. Which of the following drugs works by interfering with bacterial protein synthesis through reversible action at the 50S ribosomal subunit?
