What is the average molecular mass of drugs?
Drugs are the chemicals of low molecular masses i.e., ( $\sim 100-500 \mathrm{u})$. They interact with macromolecular targets and produce a biological response. When the biological response is therapeutic and useful, these chemicals are called medicines.
Write the uses of medicines.
Chemical substances which are used in diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases which are called medicines.
Medicines are used in diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases.
What are antiseptics?
Antiseptics are the antimicrobes. Antiseptics are the chemical which either kill or prevent the growth of microorganism and are safe to be applied to the living tissues e.g., soframicine. They can not be taken orally like antibiotics.
Which type of drugs come under antimicrobial drugs?
Disease in human beings and animals may be caused by a variety of microorganisms such as bacteria, virus, fungi and other pathogens.
An antimicrobial tends to destroy/prevent development or inhibit the pathogenic action of microbes such as bacteria (antibacterial drugs), fungi (antifungal agents), virus (antiviral agents), or other parasites (antiparasitic drugs) selectively. Antiseptic, disinfectants, antibiotics and sulpha drugs are antimicrobial drugs.
Where are receptors located?
Receptors are proteins that are crucial to body's communication process. Receptors are embedded on the outer surface of the cell membrane in such a way that their small part possessing active site projects out of the surface of the membrane and opens on the outside region of the cell membrane.