State PCS PYQPrelims 2023

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · வினா 28

What is the basis of the most useful classification of medicines for medicinal chemists?

  1. Pharmacological effect
  2. Molecular targets
  3. Chemical structure
  4. None of the above
விடையைக் காட்டு & விளக்கம்

விடை: (B) Molecular targets

விளக்கம்

Drugs that act on the same biomolecular target (enzyme, receptor) often share structure, making this basis most useful.

  • (A) தவறு

    Wrong: useful to doctors, but not the most useful for chemists.

  • (B) சரி

    Correct: NCERT notes classification by molecular targets is most useful to medicinal chemists.

  • (C) தவறு

    Wrong: similar structures can have different actions.

  • (D) தவறு

    Wrong: molecular targets is correct.