Glossary of Terms Used in Medicinal Chemistry
(IUPAC Recommendations 1998)
A to H
Contents Active transport,
Address-message concept,
ADME,
Affinity,
Agonist,
Allosteric binding sites,
Allosteric enzyme,
Allosteric regulation,
Analog,
Antagonist,
Antimetabolite,
Antisense molecule,
Autacoid,
Autoreceptor,
Bioassay,
Bioisostere,
Bioprecursor prodrug,
Biotransformation,
CADD See
Computer-assisted drug design.,
Carrier-linked prodrug (Carrier prodrug),
Cascade prodrug,
Catabolism,
Catabolite ,
Clone,
Codon,
Coenzyme,
Combinatorial library,
Combinatorial synthesis,
CoMFA See
Comparative Molecular Field Analysis,
Comparative Molecular Field Analysis (CoMFA),
Computational chemistry,
Computer-assisted drug design (CADD),
Congener,
Cooperativity,
3D-QSAR See
Three-dimensional Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship,
De novo design,
Disposition See
Drug disposition,
Distomer,
Docking studies,
Double-blind study,
Double prodrug (or pro-prodrug),
Drug,
Drug disposition,
Drug latentiation,
Drug targeting,
Dual action drug,
Efficacy,
Elimination,
Enzyme,
Enzyme induction,
Enzyme repression,
Eudismic ratio,
Eutomer,
Genome,
Hansch analysis,
Hapten,
Hard drug,
Heteroreceptor,
Homologue,
Hormone,
Hydrophilicity,
Hydrophobicity.
Source:
http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/medchem/ah.html
