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  5. Chemistry of Drug Metabolism
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Last Updated: 30/09/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
FKM524 - Chemistry of Drug Metabolism II. SEMESTER 3 +0 6.0
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) PROF. DR. MEHLİKA DİLEK ALTINTOP
Mode of Delivery Face to face
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Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended
Recommended Resources 1) D. Zhang, M. Zhu, W.G. Humphreys, Drug Metabolism in Drug Design and Development, Wiley-Interscience, 2007.2) M.D. Coleman, Human Drug Metabolism An Introduction, 2nd Ed., Wiley, 2010.3) P. Anzenbacher, U.M. Zanger, Metabolism of Drugs and Other Xenobiotics, Wiley-VCH, 2012.4) T.L. Lemke, D.A. Williams, V.F. Roche, S.W. Zito, Foye's Principles of Medicinal Chemistry, 6th Edition, Lippincott Williams &Wilkins;, 2008.5) H. Akgün, A. Balkan, A.A. Bilgin, Ü. Çalış, N. Gökhan, S. Dalkara, H. Erdoğan, D. Demir Erol, M. Ertan, F. Özkanlı, E. Palaska, S. Saraç, C. Şafak, B. Tozkoparan, Farmasötik Kimya, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2.Baskı, 2004.6) S. Rollas, İlaçların Metabolizması (Biyotransformasyon), Marmara Üniversitesi Eczacılık Fakültesi, 1992.
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Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Introduction to Drug Metabolism
Week - 2 Aromatic oxidation, Oxidation of aliphatic carbon atoms
Week - 3 Oxidation of carbon-nitrogen system and carbon-oxygen system
Week - 4 Oxidation of carbon-sulfur system
Week - 5 Oxidation of alcohol and aldehyde, Other oxidative reactions
Week - 6 Carbonyl reduction, Nitro reduction, Azo reduction
Week - 7 Other reductions
Week - 8 Hydrolysis
Week - 9 Glucuronidation, Sulphation
Week - 10 Amino acid Conjugation, Glutathione Conjugation
Week - 11 Acetylation, Methylation
Week - 12 Drug Metabolism Studies
Week - 13 Effect of Metabolism on Drug Activity
Week - 14 Role of Drug Metabolism in Drug Development

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