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Drugs Act Structural Analogue Antimetabolite Work Mimic Substrate

Front How do drugs that act as a structural analogue (antimetabolite) work?
Back drugs mimic a substrate in a biosynthetic or metabolic pathway required for pathogen growth (creates a non-functional end-product) 

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