Classification of Drugs According to Their Chemical Nature
Session 3: Classification of Drugs According to Their Chemical Nature.
Total Session Time: 60 minutes
Prerequisites
Learning Tasks
By the end of this session students are expected to be able to:
Resources Needed:
SESSION OVERVIEW
|Step |Time |Activity/ |Content |
| | |Method | |
|1 |05 minutes |Presentation |Introduction, Learning Tasks |
|2 | |Presentation |Classification of Drugs According to|
| |45 minutes |Small group |Their Chemical Nature |
| | |discussion | |
|3 |05 minutes |Presentation |Key Points |
| 4 | |Presentation |Evaluation |
| |05 minutes | | |
SESSION CONTENTS
STEP 1: Presentation of Session Title and Learning Tasks (5 minutes).
READ or ASK students to read the learning tasks and clarify
ASK students if they have any questions before continuing.
STEP 2: Clasification of Drugs According to Their Chemical Nature (45
minutes).
|Activity: Small Group Discussion (20 minutes) |
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|DIVIDE students into small manageable groups |
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|ASK students to discuss on the following question |
|How do you classify drugs according to their chemical nature? |
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|ALLOW students to discuss for 15 minutes |
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|ALLOW few groups to present and the rest to add points not mentioned |
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|CLARIFY and SUMMARIZE by using the contents below |
Chemically, drugs are classified as follows:
This includes:
o Metals and their salts (ferrous sulphate, zinc sulphate and magnesium
sulphate)
o Non-metals such as sulphur
They include the following:
o Alkaloids; examples are atropine, strychnine and morphine
o Glycosides; examples are digitoxin and digoxin
o Proteins; examples are oxytocin and insulin
o Esters, amides, alcohols, glycerides, carboxylic acids, phenols
STEP 4: Key Points (5 minutes).
STEP 5: Evaluation (5 minutes).
References
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India: Prentice Hall of India
Graham Solomon et al (2014). Organic Chemistry (11th Ed.). New Jeysey,
United States: John Willey and Sons.
Rama R. N. (2005). Principles of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry. New
Delhi, India: MacMillan Publishers
Bruice Y (2013). Organic Chemistry (7th ed.). New York, United States:
Prentice Hall Pearson.
Delgado J. N. Et al (1998). Wilson and Gisvold's Textbook of Organic
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (10th Ed.). Calfornia, United
States: Lippincott Williams
Bhassin S.K, Gupta R.(2013). Pharmaceutical organic chemistry (E-book
Kindle edition). New Delhi, India: Elsevier Publishing Services
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