It provides general information about the biochemical basis of disease and about the principles of laboratory diagnosis; it supplies specific guidance on the clinical value of chemical investigations, indicating their range of application and limitations as well as relating results of laboratory tests to the process of clinical diagnosis and management as these might applied to individual patients.

Objectives: To exhibit knowledge of human body chemistry levels under healthy and abnormal conditions. At the end of the semester the students should be familiar with the basic and advanced information in clinical laboratory chemistry and how it relates to patient health and care


Objectives: To give the students knowledge and experience in pro-drug and hormones as part of their medicinal and pharmaceutical field. It includes classification, synthesis, biotransformation and/or formulation of certain drugs to improve their action as well as to avoid some side effect.