| Medicinal chemistry is an interdisciplinary
science, which has seen enormous growth in the past
decade. Traditionally accepted as a branch of organic
chemistry, the subject has reached an tremendous level
of complexity today. It involves many aspects like
synthesis,isolation, purification and characterization
of anticipated organic compound that can be used in
medicine for the treatment and cure of diseases, on
the other hand it establish a link between chemical
structure and biological activity. With the aim to
explore and elaborate such fundamentals in a systematic
manner undergraduate chemistry department is designed
which is comprised of four labs devoted to medicinal
chemistry, Analytical chemistry, Organic chemistry,
Biochemistry and inorganic pharmaceutical chemistry.
Each laboratory is well equipped with state of art
instruments to give hands on experience to the students.
Medicinal Chemist plays a very crucial role in the
design of development of selective,potential,non-toxic,new
chemical entities which meet all the desired pharmakokinetic
properties. |
| The design of "better" molecules
is a central aspect in the broader field of medicinal
chemistry. Medicinal chemist plays a key role in pharmaceutical
research. He is expected to synthesize, purify and
analyze novel bioactive compounds. Such organic leads
once identified are easy to exploit. The real test
resides with the identification of such lead compound
and optimization of positions on the basic skeleton
of such leads so as to get bioactive molecules. The
science now employs the most sophisticated systems
with "Drug Design" software's, all aspects of high-resolution
spectroscopy and use of high throughput screening
methods. Postgraduate chemistry department have two
labs to carry out synthetic and analytical work equipped
with sophisticated instruments and software's to carry
out their research work. |