Biopharmaceutical chemistry- Lecture 1

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Drug

a chemical substance that alters one or more biological processes in a living organism

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Biological Affinity

A drug molecule must have a specific molecular shape in order to interact with its molecular target

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Ion channels

Membranes have many types of ion channels to facilitate the selective permeability of ions

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Hydrophobic/hydrophilic

Some chemicals tend to dissolve in water (hydrophilic), some in fat/oil (hydrophobic) and some in both

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Hydrophobic

Water hating (non-polar)

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Hydrophilic

Water loving (polar)

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Lipophobic

Fat hating (polar)

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Lipophilic

Fat loving (non-polar)