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Why do drugs design to cure some ailment in one organ in the body not affect the other parts? Explain with an example.


Receptors that interact with one specific chemical messenger may differ slightly in their bonding sites. For example, there are two types of adrenergic receptors namely named as α-adrenergic receptors and β-adrenergic receptors. These differ slightly in the structure of their binding sites, but both of these receptors can bind epinephrine. The receptors are not distributed evenly around the body. For example, the heart has more β-than α-adrenergic receptors. This means a drug designed to interact with β-adrenergic receptors will on heart rather than on tissues which are rich in α-adrenergic receptors.
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What kind of medicines are given to patients of shattered confidence?

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With the help of examples, explain how do following type of drugs functions?
(i) Analgesics
(ii) Antacids
(iii) Antifertility drugs

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Amino acid serine, aspartic acid and phenylalanine are present on the active site of an enzyme. Explain which forces may be involved in bonding the drug to the enzyme if the drug inhibits the holding of the substrate on the active site of the enzyme.

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Why do we need to classify drugs in different ways?
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Chlordiazepoxide belongs to which category of drug?

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Which forces are involved in holding the drugs to the active site of enzyme.

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Explain the term target molecules or drug targets as used in medicinal chemsitry.

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Low level of noradrenaline is the cause of depression. What type of drugs are needed to cure this problem? Name two drugs.

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How do antiseptics differ from disinfectants? Give one example of each.
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