Medicinal Chemistry Study Guide Tests 2025 With Already Solved Solutions.

Therapeutic Effect - Answer Desired effect of the Drug Side Effect - Answer Undesired effect of the drug Tolerance - Answer Resistance to the drug; Increase dose for same effect Bioavailability - Answer Amount of the drug that reaches target site Therapeutic Window - Answer Range of safe and effective dosage of the drug Fastest response to medicine? - Answer Parental Injection is fastest way of injection because it goes straight to the bloodstream Calcium carbonate is an antacid used to neutralise excess acid in the stomach. Write down the equation for the reaction between calcium carbonate and this acid. - Answer CaCO3 + 2HCL = CaCl2 + CO2 +H20 State which disease Taxol is used to treat and where does its natural resource come from? - Answer It treats cancer and its natural source is bark (Yew Tree) Describe how enantiomers can be identified by polarimetry - Answer Optical isomers interact with plan polarized light- one enantiomer rotates left, the other rotates right Morphine and Diamorphine are both strong analgesics. Describe how they carry out their analgesic effect - Answer As opiates, they act by blocking pain signals between brain cells by binding opiod recepotors Difference between Morphine and Diamorphine What type of reaction is used for conversion? - Answer Morphine has two alcohols while Diamorphine has two esters Type of reaction is esterification