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Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Welcome to the Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Drug discovery and development maintains its role in traditional drug therapy, but its
application to pharmacogenomics may become the treatment modality of the future. The scope
of knowledge in organic chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology and therapeutics allows
scientists to make generalizations connecting the physico-chemical properties of small organic
molecules and peptides to the receptor and biochemical properties of living systems.
Therefore, these generalizations, validated by repetitive examples, emerge in time as principles
of drug discovery and drug mechanisms, principles that describe the structural relationships
between diverse organic molecules and the bimolecular functions that predict their
mechanisms toward controlling diseases.
The graduate programs of medicinal chemistry department are regulated to train outstanding
medicinal chemists who will be able to work in research and teaching areas as well as in
pharmaceutical technologies and industries.
Message of the Head of Department
From the historical aspect, medicinal chemistry is focused on organic synthetic chemistry with
the broad goals of drug discovery and optimization. Since the past few decades, medicinal
chemistry has been conducted to consider the physical, computational, analytical, and chemical
properties of drugs and drug targets. These innovations include enzyme chemistry, protein
design, protein structure prediction, proteomics and chemical biology that bring about the
accelerated discovery of new drugs. This approach in modern medicinal chemistry allows for
the elucidation of disease pathways and drug actions mechanisms.
From several years ago, the department has tried to orient its educational and research
programs to modern medicinal chemistry. Therefore, the aim of research programs has been
extended in two known drug discovery areas, including traditional and modern drug discovery.
The scopes of both fields are sufficiently broad to give students with different science
backgrounds an interesting and challenging program of study. Organic synthesis of medicinal
agents, computational chemistry, structural biology, cell and molecular biology, drug
metabolism, natural products chemistry, bio-analytical and molecular toxicology, biological
evaluation and animal models are areas of active interest. Our current research focus is cancer,
inflammation disorders, neurodegenerative disorders and antifungal and antimicrobial
compounds, hypertension and diabetes diseases. The department has excellent collaborations
with other research groups in the faculty and university, in order to research in the major areas
of medicinal Chemistry and receive related research support.
About the Department of Medicinal Chemistry
The department of Medicinal Chemistry is one the oldest departments in the Faculty of
Pharmacy, established in 1963. All the undergraduate students are required to pass 31 units in
the Department of Medicinal Chemistry as theoretical and practical courses. Students have
access to a wide range of modern instrumentation and equipment used in the design and
synthesis of new therapeutic agents, both within the department’s facilities and nearby
laboratories of our research centers. Various research groups actively collaborate with groups
from departments such as biochemistry, biological sciences, chemistry, and pharmacology. The
scope of this field is sufficiently broad to give students with many different science backgrounds
a rewarding and challenging program of study.
Our research focus is on the following areas:
Design, and synthesis of new medicinal agents
Investigation of biological activity of new medicinal agents
Structural elucidation of active natural compounds
Improvement of structures of existing drugs by molecular modification
Development of new analytical methods for the determination of drug in formulation and
different complex matrix
Broad research projects introduce new analytical methods for the determination of drugs in
pharmaceutical dosage forms and biological fluids.
Current major department research areas includes:
-Discovery and validation of new anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, antibiotic, anti-Alzheimer and
anti-hypertension drugs.
-Molecular modeling and simulation of bimolecular structure, dynamics and interactions.
-Separation and identification of natural products
-Application of Mass, NMR and other spectrophotometric techniques to the elucidation of
natural products and small molecular structures.
-Synthesis and evaluation of novel biopolymers for site-targeted drug delivery.
-Synthesis of new chromogenic and fluorogenic markers for the analysis of elements and drugs.
-The development of new analytical methods for the determination and identification of
chemical compounds and drugs in different matrices.
Department Profile
The Department of Medicinal Chemistry is located in the Faculty of Pharmacy, and is an integral
part of Tehran University of Medical Sciences at Tehran. This Department is located in the
Faculty of Pharmacy on the 1st floor of the new building at Tehran University of Medicinal
Sciences. Currently, the Department has 13 members, including seven full professors, four
associate professors, and two assistant professors. In addition, several people, including organic
and analytical chemists with M.S. or B.S. degrees work in laboratories of Medicinal Chemistry
Department. The Department has several teaching laboratories including general and analytical
chemistry, organic and medicinal chemistry, and instrumentation. Pharm.D. and Ph.D. students
work on their thesis in eight research laboratories. Research interests of the Department are
design and QSAR study, synthesis and biological evaluation, and pharmaceutical analysis.
Department Chart
Head of Department (Dr. E. Souri)
Labratory staff( F. Kayghobadi, A. Javidnia,
M. Tehrani, L, Jalili, M. Agharazi, M. Majori,)
Vice-President for Research
(Dr. F. Shamsa)
Vice-President for Post-graduate students (Dr. L. Navidpour)
Vice President for cultural and student affairs
(Dr. R. Dowlatabadi)
Vice-President for Under-graduate Students
(Dr. Barazandeh)
Office Tel:
64122229
Secretaries (Roya Faridi)
Mission and Vision
Mission
As defined by IUPAK, medicinal chemistry is a chemistry-based discipline, involving the aspects
of biological, medical, and pharmaceutical sciences. Our mission is to educate and train
scientists to achieve excellence in medicinal chemistry for the improvement of human health. In
this regard our research focused on the invention, discovery, design, identification, and
preparation of biologically active compounds, the study of their metabolisms, interpretation of
their modes of action in the molecular level and construction of structure-activity relationships
(SAR), the relationship between chemical structure and pharmacological activity for a series of
compounds.
The major mission of the Medicinal Chemistry Department is to create new knowledge to
discover and develop new pharmaceutical drugs, paralleled with general aims of the faculty.
Since twenty years ago, the mission has developed to conduct basic research in chemistry and
biological chemistry related to drug discovery, to teach these principles in the professional and
graduate programs and to provide service to the scientific community. Areas of active interest
include drug discovery, organic synthesis of medicinal agents, natural product chemistry, pro-
drugs, molecular modeling, and pharmaceutical analysis.
Vision
The objective of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry is to raise and maintain the standing of
Tehran University of Medical Sciences in academic circles, both domestically and internationally
in applied fields, in terms of basic medicinal chemistry and analytical skills and synthesis.
Outline of Courses:
The Medicinal Chemistry Department presents the following courses for pharm. D. student in
faculty of pharmacy. These courses are presented for 100 pharm. D. students every year.
Core courses of Pharm. D.
No. Course credits hour
1 General Chemistry 4 68
2 Practical General Chemistry 1 17
3 Analytical Chemistry 2 34
4 Practical Analytical Chemistry 2 34
5 Organic Chemistry (I) 3 51
6 Practical Organic Chemistry (I) 1 17
7 Organic Chemistry (II) 3 51
8 Practical Organic Chemistry (II) 1 17
9 Instrumentation analysis (I) 3 51
10 Instrumentation analysis (II) 2 34
11 Practical Instrumentation analysis 1 17
12 Medicinal Chemistry (I) 3 51
13 Medicinal Chemistry (II) 3 51
14 Medicinal Chemistry (III) 3 51
Four Ph.D. students are accepted in Ph.D. program in medicinal chemistry every year.
Core courses of Ph. D. in medicinal chemistry are as followed:
No. Course credits hour
1 Advanced organic chemistry and synthesis 3 51
3 Practical medicinal chemistry 1 17
4 Advanced Instrumentational analysis 2 34
5 Advanced biochemistry 4 51
6 Advanced pharmacology 2 34
7 Heterocyclic chemistry 2 34
8 Advanced medicinal chemistry I 3 51
9 Advanced medicinal chemistry II 3 51
10 Seminar I and II 2 -
9 Non-core courses 6 -
10 Thesis 22 -
Research Centers & Laboratories
The department has been jointed to two research centers (Pharmaceutical Sciences Research
Center and Drug Design & development Research Center) to develop its research activities.
Several instrumentations such as Mass, NMR, IR and laboratory devices are available for both
Pharm. D and Ph. D students. Research properties in the above research centers include:
- Docking study for finding new lead compounds
- Synthesis of new compounds in order to develop biological activities
- Development of analytical methods for identification and determination of drugs in
different matrixes
The following laboratories are completely under management of the department;:
- Medicinal Chemistry Laboratories
- Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
- General Chemistry Laboratory
- Instrumentational Analysis Laboratory
- Basic Organic Chemistry Research Laboratory
Department Members
Name of the faculty member: Ali Khalaj
Education: PharmD, PhD of Medicinal Chemistry
Academic position: Professor
Email:[email protected]
Research Interest:
1- Synthesis and biological evaluation of new small molecules in several areas of medicinal
chemistry
2- Synthesis of new compounds labeled with radionuclides
3- Application of radio pharmacy in medicinal chemistry
Name of the faculty member: Fazel Shamsa
Education: PharmD, PhD of Medicinal Chemistry
Academic position: Professor
Email:[email protected]
Research Interest:
1- Development of analytical techniques for chemical and drug compound assays in natural
products
2- Traditional medicine in aspect of analytical chemistry
Name of the faculty member: Mohsen Vosooghi
Education: PharmD, PhD of Biochemistry
Academic position: Associate-Professor
Email: [email protected]
Research Interest:
1- Synthesis and biological evaluation of new small molecules in several areas of medicinal
chemistry
2- Chemistry of Steroids
Name of the faculty member: Effat Sori
Education: PharmD, PhD of Medicinal Chemistry
Academic position: Professor, Head of the Department
Email:[email protected]
Research Interest:
1- Development of analytical techniques for determination of drugs compound in dosage forms
using spectrophotometric, spectrofluorimetric and HPLC methods
2- Analysis of chiral drugs
3- Evaluation of biological activity of plants
Name of the faculty member: Seyed Esmaeil Sadat Ebrahimi
Education: PharmD, PhD of Medicinal Chemistry
Academic position: Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Research Interest:
1- Synthesis and biological evaluation of new small molecules, peptides, and radio labeled
compounds in several areas of medicinal chemistry
2- QSAR studies
3- Structure elucidation of natural products by spectroscopic methods (NMR, IR, UV,…)
Name of the faculty member: Morteza Pirali Hamedani
Education: PharmD, PhD of Medicinal Chemistry
Academic position: Professor
Email: [email protected]
Research Interest:
1- Synthesis and biological evaluation of new small molecules and peptide compounds in
several areas of medicinal chemistry
2- Development of analytical techniques for chemical and drug compound bio-assays in
biological matrices
3- Structure elucidation of natural products
Name of the faculty member: Maliheh Barazandeh Tehrani
Education: PharmD, PhD of Medicinal Chemistry
Academic position: Assistant Professor
Email: [email protected]
Research Interest:
1- Development of analytical techniques for chemical and drug compound assays in dosage
form and biological matrices
2- Development of analytical techniques for chemical compound assays based on the formation
of metal-analyte complex
Name of the faculty member: Masoud Amanlou
Education: PharmD, PhD of Medicinal Chemistry
Academic position: Professor
Email:[email protected]
Research Interest:
1- Synthesis and biological evaluation of new small molecules and peptide compounds in
several areas of medicinal chemistry
2- Development of analytical techniques for chemical and drug compound bio-assays in
biological matrices
3- Docking technique and QSAR study
Name of the faculty member: Mohsen Amini
Education: PharmD, PhD of Medicinal Chemistry
Academic position: Professor
Email:[email protected]
Research Interest:
1- Synthesis and biological evaluation of new small molecules in several areas of medicinal
chemistry
2- Development of analytical techniques for assay of chemical and drug compounds in dosage
form and biological matrices
3- Structure elucidation of natural products
Name of the faculty member: Reza Dolatabadi Bazaz
Education: PharmD, PhD of Radio Pharmacy
Academic position: Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Research Interest:
1- Synthesis and biological evaluation of new small molecules in several areas of medicinal
chemistry
2- Development of analytical techniques for assay of chemical and drug compounds in dosage
form and biological matrices
3- Genomics and proteomics
Name of the faculty member: Latifeh Navidpour
Education: PharmD, PhD of Medicinal Chemistry
Academic position: Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Research Interest:
1- Synthesis and biological evaluation of new small molecules as well as peptides in several
areas of medicinal chemistry
2- Synthesis of new heterocyclic compounds
3- Synthesis of new compounds in aspect of stereochemistry
4- Usage of virtual screening to find new active compounds
Name of the faculty member: Tahmineh Akbarzadeh
Education: PharmD, PhD of Medicinal Chemistry
Academic position: Assistant Professor
Email: [email protected]
Research Interest:
1- Synthesis and biological evaluation of new small molecules in several areas of medicinal
chemistry
2- Synthesis of new heterocyclic compounds
3- Study on chemistry of formation ligand-metal complex
Admission:
For further study in the medicinal chemistry field, it is necessary to participate in the faculty
professional entrance exam. This exam is held every year in June.
Academic Calendar
Tests DateBeginning and end of the
semester
Duration of Training
10–31 January20 September – 31 January16 weeksFirst Semester
20 June –10 July10 February–10 July16 weeksSecond Semester
--Not availableSummer Semester
Administrative Staff
F. Kayghobadi
Position: Lab Expert
Contact Details:
Telephone: 021-64122234
L. Jalili
Position: Lab Expert
Contact Details:
Telephone: 021-64122140
M. Tehrani
Position: Lab Expert
Contact Details:
Telephone: 021-6412158
A. Javidnia
Position: Lab Expert
Contact Details:
Telephone: 021-64122149
M. Agharazi
Position: Lab Expert
Contact Details:
Telephone: 021-64121122
M. Majouri
Position: Lab Expert
Contact Details:
Telephone: 021-64121108
R. Faridi
Position: Secretery
Contact Details:
Telephone: 021-64121123
Department's Regulations and Privileges
The educational legislation of Medicinal Chemistry Department agrees to the general
educational legislation of the faculty and has carried out as same.
Lab regulations
- Students should use general safety guidelines that have been educated by Health,
Safety and Environment office
- Students learn how to work with all lab facilities according to the Lab supervisor's
guidance
- Students must fill in the form to work in the lab.
- Students must keep their workbench clean and tidy.
- Students must use common sense and do not rush in the laboratory
- Eating and drinking is prohibited in lab
Our Alumni and Job Placement of Graduates
Since 1992, the department has educated more than 80 medicinal chemists and in the present
time they are working as faculty members of other pharmacy faculties in IRAN or other
countries. Some of them are work in pharmaceutical companies in Iran or other countries.
Job Placement of Graduates:
Graduates of this course are going to act in several fields as below:
Educational fields
a. Pharm. D courses: Including theoretical and practical of all chemistry courses
in the Faculty of Pharmacy
b. PhD courses of medicinal chemistry
Industrial fields
a. Raw material Industry
b. Finished product industry
c. QC and R&D centers in pharmaceutical companies
d. Other general activities: Analysis of the final product, product safety, quality
control, and safety, qualification of process chemical and drugs.
Research fields
a. Development of new bioassay technique
b. Design and development of new molecules with biological activity
approaches
c. New drugs, proteins and lead compounds discovery
d. Characterization of natural molecules
Management fields
a. Engagement in regulatory authorities (i.e. environmental or health authority)
b. Project management of medicinal chemistry or synthesis of raw material
Recommended Reference Books for Each Program
1- Finding Information in Science, Technology and Medicine Jill Lambert, Taylor & Francis, latest
edition
2- Information Technology Solutions for Healthcare Krzysztof Zieli´nski et al. , latest edition
3- Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, B. G. Katzung, S. B. Masters, J. Trevor Last Edition
4- Analytical Chemistry: an introduction Douglas A. Shoog, Donald M. West, F. James Holler,
Stanley R. Crouch, Last Edition
5- Biochemistry, Berg, Tymoczko and Stryer, Last Edition
6- Protein Structure and Function, Whitford, Last Edition
7- Principle of Biochemistry, Lehninger, Last Edition
8- Principles of Drug Action, B. Profvtt and P. Taylor, Churchill Livingstone (ISBN: 044308671)
9- Advanced Organic Chemistry, Francis A. Carey and Richard J. Sundberg. Last Edition
10- Introduction to the Principles of Drug Design, H. J. Smith and Williams, (ISBN: 0723612110)
Last Edition,
11- Medical Chemistry and drug discovery, Manufred E. Wolff, Burgers, Wiley (ISBN:
0471575569, Last Edition
12- Molecular orbital calculations of biological systems, Anne- Mar Sapseie, Oxford Uiversity
Press (ISBN: 0195098730), Last Edition
13- Molecular Similarity in Drug Design, P.M. Dean, Blackie Academic & Professional (ISBN:
0751402214), Last Edition
14- Drugs of Future (ISSN: 0377- 8282)
15- Drugs (ISSN: 0012- 6667)
16-Foye's Principles of Medicinal Chemistry, Last Edition
17- Guide to Spectroscopic Identification of Organic Compounds. K. Feinsten, Last Edition
18- The Systematic Identification of Organic Compounds, C.K.F. Hermman, R.H.Shriner, Last
Edition
19- Principles of Instrumental Analysis, D. A. Skoog, F. J. Holler, T.A. Nieman, Last Edition
20-Chemical Analysis: Modern Instrumentation methods and Techniques, F.Rouessac, A.
Rouessac, Last Edition
21- The Heterocyclic Chemistry, Mas L. Gilchrist, Last Edition
22- Heterocyclic Chemistry, Gupta R. R., Kumar M., and Gupta V., Last Edition
23- The organic chemistry of drug synthesis volumes 1 ,2, 3, D. Lednicer, L.A. Mitcher, John
Wiley & Sons (ISBN: 0- 471- 09250- 9), Last Edition
24- Guide to Spectroscopic Identification of Organic Compounds. K. Feinsten, C.R.C. (ISBN:
084934481), Last Edition
25- The Systematic Identification of Organic Compounds, 7E. Solutions Manual. C.K.F.
Hermman, R.H.Shriner, John Wiley & Sons (ISBN 0471161357), Last Edition
Examinations and Awards
Some of the department members has received different awards in research or educational
fields
- First degree of Razi Award (2005).
- The Distinguished Honor of Global Science Contribution, Iran Society of Biophysical Chemistry
(2006)
- First degree of Tehran University Research award (2007).
- Outstanding Professor of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (2008)
- Dr. Afzalipour Highest Award for Research (2011)
- Outstanding Scientist of Islamic Countries (2011)
- Highest National Medal of Medical Sciences (2011)
- First degree of Razi award (2011).
- Allameh Tabatabaee Award from Elites National Foundation (2012).
FAQs:
Am I eligible to apply?
Applicants must have Pharm. D. or MS. of chemistry (Organic, analytical, and medicinal
chemistry) degree to apply for medicinal chemistry postgraduate program.