Functional analog (chemistry)

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In chemistry and pharmacology, functional analogs are chemical compounds that have similar physical, chemical, biochemical, or pharmacological properties. Functional analogs are not necessarily also structural analogs with a similar chemical structure.[1] An example of pharmacological functional analogs are morphine, heroine and fentanyl, which have the same mechanism of action, but fentanyl is structurally quite different from the other two.[2]


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