School Of Science And HealthMolecular PharmacokineticsWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 300475.2
Discipline: PHARMACOLOGY
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Medicinal Chemistry
Equivalent Units
300303 - Physical Chemistry 3
Prerequisite
300236 Physical Chemistry 2 OR 300540 Biomolecular Dynamics
About this Unit
This unit investigates the mechanisms and pathways of degradation of introduced compounds within the body and of their removal from the body; the relationship between chemical structure and stability of compounds within the body, including quantitative structure-stability relationships; the physical, metabolic and chemical stability within the body of representatives of each of the major types of drug class, relating this stability to molecular structure; the influence of the stability of drug compounds within the body upon the choice of drug delivery system used.