GPAT & Pharma Exams Learning Festival by Unacademy : Devendra Sir's One-Shot Series

GPAT & Pharma Exams One Shot Series - Chemotherapy Part II

Chemotherapeutic agents, then, are chemicals intended to be toxic to the pathogenic organism but innocuous to the host. The term chemotherapy was originally used to describe the use of drugs that were ‘selectively toxic’ to pathogens (including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi and helminths) while having minimal effects on the host.

Nov 4, 2023 • 1h 2m

Devender Kodati

GPAT & Pharma Exams One Shot Series -Chemotherapy Part III

All living organisms are vulnerable to infection. Humans, being no exception, are susceptible to diseases caused by certain viruses, bacteria, protozoa, fungi and helminths (collectively referred to as pathogens). The use of chemotherapeutic agents dates back to the work of Ehrlich and others and to the development of selectively toxic arsenical drugs such as salvarsan for the treatment of syphilis.

Nov 5, 2023 • 1h 1m

Devender Kodati

GPAT & Pharma Exams One Shot Series -Chemotherapy Part IV

Protein Synthesis Inhibitors that Target the Ribosome - The tetracyclines are a series of derivatives of a basic four-ring structure . Chloramphenicol, an antibiotic produced by Streptomyces venezuelae, was introduced into clinical practice in 1948. The macrolides are a group of closely related compounds characterized by a macrocyclic lactone ring (usually containing 14 or 16 atoms) to which deoxy sugars are attached.

Nov 6, 2023 • 1h 3m

Devender Kodati