The branch of pharmacology that studies the effects and modes of action of drugs upon the body
the branch of pharmacology that studies reactions between drugs and living structures, including the processes of bodily responses to pharmacological, biochemical, physiological, and therapeutic effects
The behaviour (e g quick, slow, short term, long term, etc ) of an antimicrobial at its receptor site (i e where it initiates its effect)
The behavior (e g quick, slow, short term, long term, etc ) of an antimicrobial at its receptor site (i e where it initiates its effect)
the study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and their mechanisms of action Operationally, pharmacodynamics is what the drug does to the body
Broadly, this is the science concerned with the study of the way in which xenobiotics exert their effects on living organisms Such a study aims to define the fundamental physicochemical processes which lead to the biological effect observed Synonym: toxicodynamics