Question

How does chemistry help in the production of medicines?

Answer 1

• Chemistry plays a huge role in the development of synthetic drugs such as antibiotics, antimalarial and analgesics (pain killers).
• New research is done on a possible way to target cancer cells without killing the healthy cells.
• New molecules with better properties have been made in a laboratory, which helps to cure a number of incurable diseases.
• Discovery of penicillin, tetracycline, sulphadiazine, etc . medicines are discovered.
• Quinine is an example of medicine extracted from the bark of a plant.
• This way chemistry helps in the production of medicines.