PHAR 301
SSS1: Fundamentals of Drug Action and Drug Metabolism

This course is a study of structural features of drugs, functional group properties and pharmacokinetic and receptor interactions, fundamentals of pattern recognition that relate chemical structure to pharmacological action, the composition and structure of proteins, classification of enzymes and coenzymes, enzyme kinetics and regulations, cell components and function, membrane structure and transport, and drug biotransformation. (Last offered in Fall 2019 due to curricular revision).