Master Medicinal
Chemistry!

Medicinal chemistry is one of the most important and relevant subjects for pharmacy students to master; a subject that delves deep into the complex interactions that underpin how and why drugs and drug classes work in the way that they do and how this impacts drug formulation.

Pharmaceutical Chemistry Made Easy!

Medicinal chemistry does not need to be difficult.

  • Once students understand the fundamental principles of chemistry, what seems like a complex chemical mosaic suddenly begins to come into view and things begin to make much more sense.
  • To help, we have below categorized our lessons on medicinal chemistry. Review each of these units and, where necessary, supplement that study with additional textbooks, the latest literature on the topic.

Fundamentals of Medicinal Chemistry

Review each of these units and, where necessary, supplement that study with additional textbooks, the latest literature on the topic, or even through reference to your own study notes.

  • Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry

  • Case Study in Drug Design: Malaria

  • Modern Drug / Lead Discovery

  • Functional Groups

  • Online Resources for Students

  • Drug Metabolism

  • Drug Design: Pharmacokinetics

  • Introduction to QSARs

  • Enzyme Kinetics

  • Drug Targets

  • Structure-Activity Relationships

  • Medicinal Chemistry Glossary

Anti-infective Agents

Review each of these units and, where necessary, supplement that study with additional textbooks, the latest literature on the topic, or even through reference to your own study notes.

  • Antiprotozoal Drugs (Part 1)

  • Antiprotozoal Drugs (Part 2)

  • Antifungal Drugs

  • Antibacterial Drugs

  • Macrolide Antibacterials

  • Anthelminthics

  • Antiviral Drugs

  • Antimalarial Drugs

Specialist Medicinal Chemistry

Review each of these units and, where necessary, supplement that study with additional textbooks, the latest literature on the topic, or even through reference to your own study notes.

  • Animal Cell Culture

  • Opioid Analgesics

  • Opioid Analgesics (Part 2)

  • Lanthanoids

  • Beta-Lactam Antibiotics

  • Chelation Therapy

  • Herbal Chemistry

  • Anticancer Drugs

  • Radiopharmaceuticals

  • Antihistamines

Importance of
Medicinal Chemistry!

Understanding the principles of medicinal chemistry is a
cornerstone of how to effectively learn about drugs,
medicines, and how they work at the molecular level.

Not only this, but a solid understanding of pharmaceutical chemistry is
also required to understand the molecular specifics of why drugs are
designed in the way that they are, and how this impacts ‘mechanisms of
action’ and drug formulation science.