Practice Lead Discovery - 13.1.2 | Chapter 13: Option D – Medicinal Chemistry | IB Grade 12-Chemistry
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Question 1

Easy

What is a lead compound?

💡 Hint: Think about a candidate drug.

Question 2

Easy

Name one source of natural products in drug discovery.

💡 Hint: Where do we find our medicines?

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Question 1

What is the primary goal of lead discovery?

  • To manufacture medicines
  • To identify lead compounds
  • To conduct clinical trials

💡 Hint: Focus on what happens before clinical trials.

Question 2

True or False: High-throughput screening allows researchers to test compounds rapidly.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Think about the speed of testing new drugs.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

A new research team is tasked with discovering a lead compound for a rare disease. Describe how they might use combinatorial chemistry alongside high-throughput screening to accelerate their research.

💡 Hint: Consider how both techniques complement each other.

Question 2

Imagine a scenario where traditional medicine leads to a breakthrough in modern drug discovery. Detail how historical knowledge might influence the identification of a lead compound.

💡 Hint: Think about the connection between past and present in drug discovery.

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