Source of Drug 2 Flashcards

1
Q

why s making drugs from just natural sources bad

A

tedious
time consuming
expensive
waste nature

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2
Q

what can you do to combat this

A

make a biosynthetic intermediate form

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3
Q

heroin is … more potent analgesic than morphine

A

2x

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4
Q

what does penicillin react with

A

traspeptidase enzyme to make covalent bond

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5
Q

what is transpeptidase enzyme used for

A

synthesise bacterial cell wall

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6
Q

what are cephalosporins

A

2nd major group of B lactems to be found

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