SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

CHEMISTRY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ is the branch of chemistry that would research new medicines and how it reacts in the body.
A
Analytical Chemistry
B
Organic Chemistry
C
Biochemistry
D
Inorganic Chemistry
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Medicinal chemistry involves the identification, synthesis and development of new chemical entities suitable for therapeutic use. It also includes the study of existing drugs, their biological properties, and their quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR).

Detailed explanation-2: -Pharmacologist. Pharmacologists apply their knowledge of chemical reactions in the human body to study and develop medications. Training in biochemistry is essential for this position.

Detailed explanation-3: -Biochemistry explores chemical processes related to living organisms. It is a laboratory-based science combining biology and chemistry. Biochemists study the structure, composition, and chemical reactions of substances in living systems and, in turn, their functions and ways to control them.

Detailed explanation-4: -A sub-discipline of both biology and chemistry, BioChemistry can be divided into three fields; structural biology, enzymology, and metabolism. Over the last decades of the 20th century, BioChemistry has become successful at explaining living processes through these three disciplines.

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