W3 Maths for Pharmaceutical sciences

Question 1

What are logarithms the opposite of?
What is the assumed base in a log?

Answer 1

Exponentials
Log 10

Question 2

What is the pH equation?

Answer 2

pH = - log10 ([H+])

Question 3

What is Log P?
What is P?

Answer 3

-Log P is essentially a measure of a drug’s lipophilicity
-Partition coefficient
-“Log P” is just log10 of the partition coefficient

Question 4

Correlation is not equal to?

Answer 4

Causation

Question 5

What is the equation of a straight line?
Equation for gradient?

Answer 5

y = mx + c

Gradient (m)= (y2 – y1)/(x2 – x1)