Natural products chemistry embraces many of the concepts and techniques as well as most of the fundamental knowledge that is common with medicinal chemistry. The distinguishing feature is that this area involves the study of natural products from plants, animals and microbes. The products may be therapeutically useful or toxic.
Natural products chemistry endeavors to examine the natural source, mechanisms whereby the source biosynthetically constructs the product, processes whereby the product can be isolated from the source and techniques used to identify the product. These studies lay the ground work for the pharmacological evaulation of a potentially useful natural product or biochemical investigation of a natural toxin.
A plan of study in natural products would emphasize courses in natural products and medicinal chemistry, chemistry, botany, and microbiology with support courses in pharmacology and pharmaceutics.
| Chemistry 4007 OR Chemistry 5041 & 5042 | Instrumental Analysis |
| Chemistry 5051 and 5052 | Biochemistry |
| Pharmacy 4009 | Medicinal Chemistry II |
| Pharmacy 5066 and 5068 | Advanced Medicinal Analysis |
| Pharmacy 5000 | Molecular Structure & Function of Proteins |
| Pharmacy 5031 | Synthetic Medicinals |
| Pharmacy 5039 | Special Topics |
| Pharmacy 5052 | Seminar |
| Pharmacy 5069 | Concepts in Drug Design |
| Pharmacy 5099 OR Pharmacy 5099 | Thesis Research/Dissertation Research |
Dr. Ronald Hill, Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Dr. Khalid El Sayed, Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
