Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacodynamics is the study of the biochemical and physiological
effects of drugs and the mechanisms of drug action and the relationship
between drug concentration and effect.
Pharmacodynamics is the study of what a drug does
to the body, as opposed to pharmacokinetics, which is the study
of what a body does to a drug.
The concept of pharmacodynamics has been the expanded
to include Multicellular Pharmacodynamics (MCPD). Multi-cellular
pharmacodynamics (MCPD) is the study of the static and dynamic properties
and relationships between a set of drugs and a dynamic and diverse
multicellular 4 dimensional organization. It is the study of the
workings of a drug on a minimal multicellular system (mMCS), both
in vivo and in silico. Networked Multicellular Pharmacodynamics
(Net-MCPD) is a further extension of the concept of MCPD. Net-MCPD
is extends MCPD to model regulatory genomic networks together with
signal transduction pathways, as part of a complex of interacting
components in the cell. For a fuller explanation of these concepts
see the articles:
Antioxidant product Natural Essential oils pharmacy Homeopathic medicines nursing Veterinary
|