Pharmacokinetic Analysis
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A Pharmacokinetic Analysis is an phramacological analysis intended to determine the fate of substances administered to a living organism.
- See: PK/PD Models, Chemical Kinetics, Pharmacology, Xenobiotic, Pharmaceutical Drug, Pesticide, Food Additive, Cosmetics, Metabolism, Excreted, Pharmacodynamics.
References
2021
- (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacokinetics Retrieved:2021-11-30.
- Pharmacokinetics (from Ancient Greek pharmakon "drug" and kinetikos "moving, putting in motion"; see chemical kinetics), sometimes abbreviated as PK, is a branch of pharmacology dedicated to determine the fate of substances administered to a living organism. The substances of interest include any chemical xenobiotic such as: pharmaceutical drugs, pesticides, food additives, cosmetics, etc. It attempts to analyze chemical metabolism and to discover the fate of a chemical from the moment that it is administered up to the point at which it is completely eliminated from the body. Pharmacokinetics is the study of how an organism affects a drug, whereas pharmacodynamics (PD) is the study of how the drug affects the organism. Both together influence dosing, benefit, and adverse effects, as seen in PK/PD models.