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Medicinal Chemistry Flashcards

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1
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What are drugs?

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Drugs are substances that alter biochemical processes in the body

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When can a drug be classified as a medicine?

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When it has beneficial effects

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What do medicines contain?

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Medicines usually contain the active ingredient (drug) and other ingredients such as fillers to add bulk or sweetness to improve the taste

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What must a molecule have to be drug-like?

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  • no more than 5 hydrogen bond donors
  • no more than 10 hydrogen bond acceptors
  • a molecular weight under 500 amu
  • An octanol/water partition coefficient log p no more than 5
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5
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What do most medicines contain?

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A single active ingredient, usually an organic compound

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What is paracetamol?

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Paracetamol works as a painkiller by affecting chemicals in the body called prostaglandins

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What are prostaglandins?

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Substances released in response to illness or injury

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What does paracetamol do?

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Blocks the production of prostaglandins, making the body less aware of the pain or injury

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What are some side effects of paracetamol?

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  • a rash or swelling
  • hypotension
  • liver and kidney damage
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What is the goal of medicinal chemists?

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To find compounds that have potent effects on given diseases with minimum side effects

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Why must a drug be selective?

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A drug must be selective , it must be transported to the correct cells in the body and must react in the selected cell

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What is a prototype compound called?

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the lead compound

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What happens to analogues of the lead compound ?

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They are synthesised to try and improve the therapeutic properties or reduce the side effects

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14
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What is the name given to changing the functional groups and structure?

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Molecular modification

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15
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Where does cocaine come from?

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Leaves of erythroxlon coca

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What is morphine said to be?

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The best analgesic (pain relieving drug)

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17
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What is codiene made from?

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Morphine

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18
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How is heroin formed?

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By diluting morphine with ethanoic anhydride

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19
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What is often present in illegally produced heroin?

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ethanoic acid

20
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How did a chemist discover etrophine?

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By understanding how morphine binds to the opiate receptor

21
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How do we know drugs are safe?

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  • drug testing
  • pre-clinical trials
  • clinical trial exception applications
  • phase 1 clinical trial
22
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Who is drug testing overseen by?

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The medicines and healthcare products regilatory agency (MHRA)

23
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What are biochemical receptors?

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Large protein molecules that can be activated by the binding of a molecule or drug

24
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What are receptors?

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usually protein molecules on the surface of cells, or enzymes that catalyse chemical reactions within a cell

25
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What is the binding site?

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A hollow or cleft which the messenger can fit and bind to

26
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What does the active molecule do to the active site?

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Triggers a biological response

27
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What does the active site do to allow the substrate to better fit?

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Enzymes active site changes slightly

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What happens when the active compound binds to the active site?

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It inhibits or blocks the enzyme from catalysing the reaction of the substrates

29
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How does binding occur?

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As a result of noncovalent interactions between the receptor and the drug molecules

30
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What can receptors and drug molecules form?

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Van der Waal’s forces when they are brought close together

31
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What is a group that provides a hydrogen bond said to be?

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A hydrogen bond donor

32
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What is a group that provides and oxygen or nitrogen lone pair said to be?

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A hydrogen bond acceptor

33
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What are the two things a drug can do after an attachment to a receptor site?

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It can either initiate a response or prevent a response from occuring

34
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What is an agonist?

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A drug which produces a response similar to the body’s natural response

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How does an agonist work?

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They interact by binding to the receptor site and competing with the natural compound

36
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What does an antagonist do?

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An antagonist drug interacts with the receptor site and produces no response but prevents the action of the body’s natural active compound

37
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What is an agonist said to be?

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an inhibitor

38
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What can be said about penicillins?

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They bind to proteins in the cell walls of bacteria and inhibit bacteria cell wall synthesis

39
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What kind of molecule are penicillins?

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Antagonists

40
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When is noradrenaline produced?

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In response to stress

41
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How does phenylephrine work?

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Directly on the receptors as an agonist

42
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How do amphetamines work?

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Indirectly by causing nerve terminals in the body to produce noradrenaline

43
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How is the strucural fragment produced?

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By overlaying the structures

44
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What releases enkephalins?

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Nerve cells

45
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What do opiates/morphine do?

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They bind to the receptor in a way that the enzymes can’t remove them as a result of relieving pain (pain is still there, just not registered)

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