Drugs are chemical of macromolecular targets and

produces a biological response

When this biological response is therapeutic and

useful chemical are called medicine.

If taken in doses higher than those recommended,

most of drugs become poisons.

Chemotherapy :- Use of chemicals for therapeutic

effect is called chemotherapy.
 CLASSIFICATION

Drugs are classified on the basis of

a) Pharmacological effect

b) Drug action

c) Chemical structure

d) Molecular targets
These type of drugs is classified on the basis of
their pharmacological effect
Example: analgesics having pain killing effect,
Antiseptics kill or stop the growth of
microorganisms
It is based on the action of a drug on a particular
Biochemical process
Example:- all antihistamine inhibit the action
of compound, histamine which causes inflammation
in the body
It is based on the chemical structure of the drug .
Drugs classified in this way share common structural
features.
Example:- sulphonamides have common structural
Features.
Drugs usually interact with biomolecules such as
carbohydrates , lipids , proteins and nucleic acids.
these are called target molecules or drug targets.

This classification is based on these molecular targets

ENZYMES :- Proteins which perform the role of
biological catalysts in the body are called enzymes .

RECEPTORS:- Those enzymes which are crucial to

communication system in the body are called
receptors.

CARRIERS:- Protein carry polar molecules across

the cell membrane.