Teaching code

4S009559

Teacher

Aldo Eliano Polettini

Coordinator

Aldo Eliano Polettini

Credits

1

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

MED/43 - FORENSIC MEDICINE

Period

1° semestre dal Oct 1, 2020 al Dec 23, 2020.

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Learning outcomes

The continuous introduction of new drugs into the illicit market (1 per week on average according to EMCDDA, the European Drug Agency) has put in crisis the traditional approach to toxicological screening, based on the comparison between the analytical features of an unknown substance (retention time, mass spectrum) with those contained in reference databases, whose updating is slower than necessary. The course aims to illustrate the chemoinformatics strategies, borrowed from the so-called drug-design (combinatorial chemistry, chemometry, development of predictive models), useful for predicting new illicit substances of abuse and their analytical characteristics, so as to allow their potential identification even before they are placed on the illicit market.

Program

Toxicological screening in cases of acute poisoning: traditional techniques and strategies
Prediction of new chemical structures: combinatorial chemistry
Development of models for predicting chromatographic retention
Development of models for predicting mass spectra
Integrated chemoinformatic approach to toxicological screening

Examination Methods

Lectures will be delivered electronically in offline remote mode (Powerpoint slides with audio commentary, recorded in Panopto; lectures will be available on the course web page within the teaching platform).

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