MEDCH Subjects Abbreviation

Medicinal Chemistry

A branch of chemistry that incorporates aspects of organic chemistry, physical chemistry, computational chemistry, analytical chemistry, pharmacology, and the biological sciences to design, develop, and synthesise drugs. An area of study involved with designing, making and developing medicines for use in humans and animals. A branch of chemistry concerned with the discovery, design, synthesis, and investigation of biologically active compounds and reactions that these compounds undergo in living things.