Drugs: Role in Human Health

Nadeem Sharma; Pooja Sethi; Manorama

doi:10.70130/CAST.2022.5206

Authors

Nadeem Sharma Department of Chemistry, MMDU, Mullana, Ambala Author
Pooja Sethi Department of Chemistry, MMDU, Mullana, Ambala Author
Manorama Department of Chemistry, MMDU, Mullana, Ambala Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70130/CAST.2022.5206

Keywords:

ASPIRIN, DRUGS, MEDICINE, HEALTHCARE, COMPETITIVE INHIBITION

Abstract

Drugs are the chemical substances that may be natural or synthetic depending upon their origin. These are administered in the living body to cure certain types of ailments that happen. Drugs are substrate specific in their action and mode of administration decide active time required for action. There are many categories of drugs depending upon their mode of action and the type of disease that cures by these substances in living beings. These drugs inhibit the growth of microorganisms by following either a competitive or non-competitive mechanism. In the present chapter, different types of drugs are explained with their respective roles and categories.

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