PMOC M3 Flashcards
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Compound of significant pharmacological activity [API] - need makuha yung desirable effect but not always
- Finding the Lead
6 parts in Finding the Lead
- Choose a disease
- Choose a drug target
- Identify a bioassay
- Find[identify] a ‘lead compound’
- Isolate and purify the lead compound if necessary
- Determine the structure of the lead compound if necessary
Ways to discover a LEAD compound:
1.Natural Products Screening
2. Medical Folklore
3. Screening Synthetic Compound Libraries
Ancient people used ——- products as drugs - however, many of the products were very ——–
natural toxic
banned in Paris on 1566
Tartar emetic
The search to find less toxic substances than those based on natural sources resulted in the introduction of synthetic substances as drugs
LEADS API
Compound of significant pharmacological activity [API] - need makuha yung desirable effect but not always
Finding the Lead
Market first then science follows
- Choose a disease
- A huge investment has to be made in the research and development of a new drug
- Choose a disease
- Choose a disease
Considerations:
- Economic – kikita k aba sa paggawa ng drugs na ito
- Medical – if you know the disease ano yung gamot for it [therapeutic use]
- You know the target you will know the applicable medication
- Choose a drug target
- An understanding of which biomacromolecules are involved in a particular disease state is clearly important.
- Choose a drug target
- The test should be simple, quick, and relevant, as there are usually a large number of compounds to be analyzed.
- Identify a bioassay
- Human testing is not possible at such an early stage
- Identify a bioassay
do not involve live animals
In vitro Tests
specific tissues, cells, or enzymes are used
In vitro Tests
Often needed to check whether drugs have the desired pharmacological activity and also to monitor their pharmacokinetic properties.
In vivo tests
On animals often involve inducing a clinical condition in the animal to produce observable symptoms
In vivo tests
- Lead compound is a compound which shows the desired pharmacological activity
o Leads - has desirable effect - has undesirable effect
- The lead compound provides a start for the drug design and development process.
- Find[identify] a ‘lead compound’
o Most biologically active natural products are secondary metabolites with quite complex structures and several chiral centers
- Natural Products Screening