PHM635 CHEMOTHERAPY Course Objectives: The course will provide opportunities to the students to understand pharmacological basis of chemotherapeutic

agents, such as, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral etc. Additionally, the students will also be able to have appreciable knowledge of drugs used for the treatment of cancer and parasitic and protozoal disorders. Course Outlines: Classification , mechanism of action,therapeutic uses and untoward effects of 1. Antibacterials 2. Antifungals 3. Antivirals 4. Antiprotozoals 5. Anthelmintics 6. Anticancers Recommended Books 1. Rang HP (2009), Pharmacology, Churchill livingstone, New York, USA. 2. Katzung BG, Masters SB, Trevor AJ (2003), Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (9th Ed) McGraw-Hill Medical Publishers New York, USA. 3. Hardman JG, Limbird LE, Molinoff, PB, Ruddon RW, Gilman AG (2006), Goodman and Gilmans The Pharmacological basis of therapeutics (11th Ed). McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, USA. 4. Tripathy JD (2000), Essential of Medical Pharmacology (4th Ed), Japees Brother, New Delhi, India. Stephen J, McPhee, Maxine A, Papadakis (2011), Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, McGraw-Hills Company, New