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The Organic Chemistry of Drugs
Quiz 1

1 .       Dextromethorphan is the active ingredient in most [Hint]



2 .       What is etorphine about 2000 times more potent than? [Hint]



3 .       Why does heroin cross the blood–brain barrier more quickly than morphine? [Hint]



4 .       Pentazocine dulls the pain of labor but what does it not do? [Hint]



5 .       How does combinatorial chemistry mimic nature? [Hint]



6 .       What does structure-based drug design consider? [Hint]



7 .       What is a compound that triggers a physiological effect called? [Hint]



8 .       What is a name that can be used by any pharmaceutical company to identify a given product? [Hint]



9 .       What is a search for pharmacologically active compounds, with no information about what chemical structures might show activity? [Hint]



10 .       Identify the type of drug that kills bacteria. [Hint]



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