Source of Drug 2 Flashcards
1
Q
why s making drugs from just natural sources bad
A
tedious
time consuming
expensive
waste nature
2
Q
what can you do to combat this
A
make a biosynthetic intermediate form
3
Q
heroin is … more potent analgesic than morphine
A
2x
4
Q
what does penicillin react with
A
traspeptidase enzyme to make covalent bond
5
Q
what is transpeptidase enzyme used for
A
synthesise bacterial cell wall
6
Q
what are cephalosporins
A
2nd major group of B lactems to be found