Group 29 Video 2 – Implications to Society

Stereochemistry in drugs has been gaining greater attention for the past few years in pharmaceutical research. Thalidomine and Ibuprofen are cases where individual enantiomers have markedly different effects;
Thalidomide: One enantiomer is effective against morning sickness, whereas the other is teratogenic.
Ibuprofen: S-ibuprofen is the active form while R-ibuprofen has no particular function.

Team:
ANDREAS DWI PUTRA
ANDREW FUNG ZI YU
ANDREW TENG ZHI RONG
ANSHUMAN ANAND
ARDYANTO WIDJOJO
JASLYN LIM XIANG TING

Project topic: Manipulating molecules and designing drugs
Sub-topic: isomers