Medicinal Chemistry.

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This course is designed for students interested in medicinal applications of organic chemistry and for students interested in continuing their education in medicine, pharmacy, and other health-related fields. The course offers the study of major classes of medicinal compounds presented in a broad historic and cultural perspective of the development of medicinal chemistry from the first attempt to synthesize quinine in the early XIX century to modern days' antibiotics. Offered alternate years. Lecture, 3 hours. Prerequisite: CHEM 342 .