BIOTECH 4BM3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cardiac Glycoside, Biopharmaceutical, Corticosteroid
8 Jan 2018
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Most are low molecular mass organic chemicals (0. 5-1 kda) Blood products, vaccines, antibiotics, insulin, enzymes, antibodies, plant extracts etc. Wide range of polypeptides hormones, antibodies, vaccines and enzymes. Mainly produces in the gonads (sex glands) and placenta. They regulate development and maintenance of reproductive and related functions. Hormones by steroid hormones produced by the adrenal cortex. Cortisone has an extra hydrogen (active metabolite of cortisol) Even today, over 3 billion people use plant medicine as their primary form of healthcare. 25% of prescription drugs sold in n. a contain active substances originally found in plants. Low molecular mass microbial secondary metabolites which, at low concentrations, inhibit the growth of other microorganisms. More than half produced by the bacterial order actinomycetales. First used to describe a class of therapeutic proteins produced by modern biotechnological techniques. Therapeutic use of nucleic acids (gene therapy) made this definition too narrow.
