Unit 2-Pharmaceutical Chemistry Flashcards
1
Q
What is a drug?
A
A substance that alters the biochemical processes in the body
2
Q
What is a medicine?
A
A drug that has a beneficial effect
3
Q
What else, other than the drug, does a medicine contain?
A
Fillers and sweetners.
4
Q
How does a drug work?
A
It binds to a receptor/protein
5
Q
What can drugs that act on receptors be classes as?
A
Agonists or antagonists
6
Q
What is an enzyme inhibitor
A
A drug that acts on enzymes and blocks the normal reaction.
7
Q
How does a drug bond to the receptor?
A
van der waals forces or ionic bonds
8
Q
Different structures can share the same fragment. What is this called?
A
Pharmacophore
