1. Antibiotics
Antibiotics: Historical background, Nomenclature, Stereochemistry, Structure activity relationship, Chemical degradation classification and important products of the following classes.
β-Lactam antibiotics : Penicillin, Cepholosporins, β- Lactamase inhibitors, Monobactams.
Aminoglycosides : Streptomycin, Neomycin, Kanamycin.
Tetracyclines: Tetracycline, Oxytetracycline, Chlortetracycline, Minocycline, Doxycycline.
2. Macrolide Antibiotics
Antibiotics: Historical background, Nomenclature, Stereochemistry, Structure activity relationship, Chemical degradation classification and important products of the following classes.
Macrolide: Erythromycin Clarithromycin, Azithromycin.
Miscellaneous: Chloramphenicol*, Clindamycin.
3. Prodrug Design
Basic concepts and application of prodrugs design.
4. Antimalarial Agents
Antimalarial: Etiology of malaria.
Quinolines : SAR, Quinine sulphate, Chloroquine*, Amodiaquine, Primaquine phosphate, Pamaquine*, Quinacrine hydrochloride, Mefloquine.
Biguanides and dihydro triazines: Cycloguanil pamoate, Proguanil.
Miscellaneous: Pyrimethamine, Artesunete, Artemether, Atovoquone
5. Anti-mycobacterial Agents (Anti tubercular agents)
Anti-tubercular Agents :
• Synthetic anti tubercular agents : Isoniozid*, Ethionamide, Ethambutol, Pyrazinamide, Para amino salicylic acid.*
• Anti tubercular antibiotics : Rifampicin, Rifabutin, Cycloserine Streptomycine, Capreomycin sulphate.
6. Quinolone Antibacterial
Urinary tract anti-infective agents:
Quinolones: SAR of quinolones, Nalidixic Acid,Norfloxacin, Enoxacin, Ciprofloxacin*, Ofloxacin, Lomefloxacin, Sparfloxacin, Gatifloxacin, Moxifloxacin.
7. Antiviral Agents
Amantadine hydrochloride, Rimantadine hydrochloride, Idoxuridine trifluoride, Acyclovir*, Gancyclovir, Zidovudine, Didanosine, Zalcitabine, Lamivudine, Loviride, Delavirding, Ribavirin, Saquinavir, Indinavir, Ritonavir.
8. Antifungal Agents
• Antifungal antibiotics : Amphotericin-B, Nystatin, Natamycin, Griseofulvin.
• Synthetic antifungal agents : Clotrimazole, Econazole, Butoconazole, Oxiconazole Tioconozole, Miconazole*, Ketoconazole, Terconazole, Itraconazole, Fluconazole, Naftifine hydrochloride, Tolnaftate*.
9. Anti-protozoal Agents
Metronidazole*, Tinidazole, Ornidazole, Diloxanide, Iodoquinol, Pentamidine Isethionate, Atovaquone, Eflornithine
Anthelmintics: Diethylcarbamazine citrate*, Thiabendazole, Mebendazole*, Albendazole, Niclosamide, Oxamniquine, Praziquantal, Ivermectin
10. Sulphonamides & Sulphones
Historical development, chemistry, classification and SAR of Sulfonamides: Sulphamethizole, Sulfisoxazole, Sulphamethizine, Sulfacetamide*, Sulphapyridine, Sulfamethoxaole*, Sulphadiazine, Mefenide acetate, Sulfasalazine.
• Folate reductase inhibitors: Trimethoprim*, Cotrimoxazole.
• Sulfones: Dapsone*.
11. Drug Design
Various approaches used in drug design.
• Physicochemical parameters used in quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) such as partition coefficient, Hammet’s electronic parameter, Tafts steric parameter and Hansch analysis.
• Pharmacophore modeling and docking techniques.
12. Combinatorial Chemistry
Concept and applications chemistry: solid phase and solution phase synthesis.