4. In simple words, “Study of the effects of drugs on the function of living systems”
Drug: a chemical substance of known structure, which, when administered to a living
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organism, produces a biological effect.
7. In Simple words, “Study of how drugs act on living body”
– General principles
– Molecular aspects
– Cellular aspects
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8. • The Binding Postulate
• Paul Ehrlich: “Corpora non agunt nisi fixata” i.e.
'A drug will not work unless it is bound’
Cellular Binding Sites
(Drug Targets)
Carrier
Ion
Receptors Enzymes molecules Miscellenous
channels
(transporters)
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10. • The cellular assembly which recognizes one or more chemical mediators
Chain of Physiological
Binding Activation
reactions action
Affinity Efficacy
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28. EC50 IC50
• Represents the concentration of an • Represents the concentration of an
agonist compound where 50% of its antagonist compound where 50%
maximal agonistic effect is observed of its maximal antagonistic effect is
observed
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29. Therapeutic
ED50 LD50 Index
• Represents the • Represents the dose • Represents the ratio
minimum required required to kill half of LD50 to ED50 i.e.
dose to show desired the members of a
activity of drug in half tested population LD50
the members of a after a specific Therapeutic
tested population duration of time Index
after a specific ED50
duration of time
• Safety parameter
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30. In vitro Animal Clinical
studies trials trials
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33. • Pharmacology : It’s all about drugs
• Highly interdisciplinary applied science
• Different subdivisions – In overall, core of drug
discovery
• One of the most important divisions of pharmaceutical
sciences
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