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Rebecca Deprez-Poulain
Rebecca Deprez-Poulain
PhD. PharmD

How it works

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You can search entries

  • By text for the INN (International NonProprietary Name) or the Pharmacological class
  • By substructure.

You can browse drug structures sorted by pharmacological class. You can select entries as favorites to quickly retrieve information. One class of drug or one drug can be linked to one or several therapeutic areas. The initial classification is as followed:

  • CANCER: Chemotherapy, hormone and targeted therapies of cancer & prevention of therapies side-effects
  • IMMUNOLOGY: Drugs acting on the Immune system
  • BLOOD & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: Drugs acting on the Blood & Cardiovascular systems
  • GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT: Drugs acting on the Gastrointestinal tract
  • RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: Drugs acting on the Respiratory system
  • NUTRITION, METABOLISM & ENDOCRIN SYSTEM: Drugs acting on the Nutrition, Metabolism & Endocrin systems (hypothalamus, hypophysis. thyroid)
  • OPHTALMOLOGY & DERMATOLOGY: Drugs used in Dermatology or Eye pathology
  • PAIN & INFLAMMATION & RHUMATOLOGY: Drugs for Pain, Inflammation & Rhumatology
  • UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY & MALE HEALTH: Drugs for Urology & Nephrology (including erectile dysfunction, prostate cancer) & male sexual hormones
  • INFECTIOUS DISEASES: Drugs for fighting Infectious diseases
  • NEUROLOGY & PSYCHIATRY: Drugs acting in Neurology & Psychiatry areas
  • GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS & FEMALE HEALTH: Drugs for Gynecology & Obstetrics & Female Health (including osteoporosis and toxoplasmosis treatments)
  • BIOCHEMICAL MOLECULES: Biochemical molecules and vitamins

Play

You can play to learn and evaluate yourself. Parameters you can choose are:

  • Therapeutic area: See above or select “All” if you want to play across therapeutic areas.

  • Level: Basic for easy to recognize or key molecules in the class; Intermediate for more complicated structures or other molecules in the class; Advanced for any level.

  • Type of quiz: 4 types of quiz are available.

    • Find INN from structure: We give the structure, you choose the right INN amongst propositions.
    • Find class from structure: We give the structure, you choose its pharmacological class amongst propositions.
    • Find structure from INN: We give the name, you choose the right structure amongst propositions.
    • Find structure from class: We give the pharmacological class, you choose all the structures belonging to this class

  • Number of questions, use of hints (structure or text)

Disclaimer

MedChem Structure Genius is not to be used for prescription of drugs. Indications for drug use are general indications and do not replace the approved indications as stated by the agencies. The data presented here does not necessarily reflect those of the company mentioned. Drugs listed may no longer be commercialized but were incorporated as key compounds for a given pharmacological class. The drug classification has been adapted from the ATC WHO classification. Only small molecules and peptides and biochemical molecules are listed (no biologics, vaccines)