Course: Medicinal Chemistry

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Course title Medicinal Chemistry
Course code TUCH/TP8FC
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kafka Stanislav, doc. Ing. CSc.
Course content
1. Basic concepts and definitions, principles of interaction of organism and drugs, developmental stages of drugs. 2. Analgesics. 3. Central nervous system drugs - general anesthetics, sedatives and hypnotics. 4. Drugs of the central nervous system - psychopharmaceuticals, antiepileptics, anti-parkinson drugs and antimigraine preparations. 5. Drugs of the vegetative nervous system - adrenergics and antiadrenergics. 6. Drugs of the vegetative nervous system - cholinergics and anticholinergics. Myotropic spasmolytics. 7. Local anesthetics, myorelaxants, antitussives and expectorants. 8. Antiallergics and antihistamines. 9. Medicaments of circulatory system. 10. Medicaments of the digestive system. 11. Anti-infectious and anti-invasive substances. 12. Cytostatics. 13. Dermatology. 14. Methods of designing new drugs, good manufacturing practice.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Participation in classes - 42 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 16 hours per semester
  • Preparation for examination - 32 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Knowledge of organic chemistry, methods of synthesis of organic substances.
Knowledge of organic chemistry, methods of synthesis of organic substances.
learning outcomes
basic concepts from pharmacokinetics
basic concepts from pharmacokinetics
basic concepts from pharmacodynamics
basic concepts from pharmacodynamics
methods of developing new drugs
methods of developing new drugs
content and goals of individual phases of new drugs testing
content and goals of individual phases of new drugs testing
medicines lifecycle
medicines lifecycle
Skills
explain basic concepts from the field of pharmacology
explain basic concepts from the field of pharmacology
characterize individual levels of testing potential new drugs
characterize individual levels of testing potential new drugs
explain the principles of the effects of individual therapeutic groups of drugs on the organism
explain the principles of the effects of individual therapeutic groups of drugs on the organism
draw the structural chemical formulas of selected most common drugs
draw the structural chemical formulas of selected most common drugs
describe the reaction schemes of the synthesis of selected most common drugs
describe the reaction schemes of the synthesis of selected most common drugs
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecturing
Lecturing
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Skills
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
assessment methods
Knowledge
Didactic test
Didactic test
Written examination
Written examination
Grade (Using a grade system)
Grade (Using a grade system)
Recommended literature
  • HAMPL, F., RÁDL, S., PALEČEK, J. Farmakochemie. Praha: VŠCHT, 2002. ISBN 80-7080-495-5.
  • Hanika, J. Farmaceutické inženýrství. Praha: VŠCHT, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7080-859-7.
  • KUCHAŘ, M. (Ed.). Farmaceutický encyklopedický slovník. Praha: VŠCHT, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7080-876-4.
  • Ménová, P.; Hampl, F. Základy farmakochemie. VŠCHT Praha, 2022. ISBN 978-80-7592-119-2.
  • PATRICK, G.L. An Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry. 4th Ed.. Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-923447-9.
  • Rádl, S. Příběhy spojené s objevy nových léčiv. VŠCHT Praha, 2023. ISBN 978-80-7592-165-9.
  • VOTAVA, M., SLÍVA, J. Farmakologie v kostce. Praha: Triton, 2021. ISBN 978-80-7553-893-2.
  • WERMUTH, C.G. The Practice of Medicinal Chemistry. Amsterdam: Elsevier/Academic Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-12-374194-3.


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