Medicinal Chemistry Terminology

Question 1

Active principle

Answer 1

The compounds in the mixture that is responsible for that mixture’s biological activity

Question 2

Absorption

Answer 2

When liquid molecules are completely absorbed inside the solid molecules

Question 3

Adsorption

Answer 3

Where liquid molecule adheres to a surface of solid molecules

Question 4

Affinity

Answer 4

Refers to a drug’s ability to bind to a biological target

Question 5

Agonist

Answer 5

A drug or an endogenous ligand that can bind to a receptor and elicit a biological response

Question 6

Antagonist

Answer 6

Receptor ligands that bind to receptors without activating it

Question 7

Intermolecular interactions

Answer 7

Interactions that occur between molecules

Question 8

Intramoleular interactions

Answer 8

Interactions that occur within a molecule

Question 9

In vitro

Answer 9

Experiments /studies performed with isolated macromolecules, cells, or tissue samples

Question 10

In vivo

Answer 10

Experiments/studies performed with live animals or humans

Question 11

Qualitative analysis

Answer 11

Presence or absence of a substance in a sample

Question 12

Quantitative analysis

Answer 12

Determination of the concentration of a substance in a sample