Abstract
Pharmacokinetics (in Greek “pharmacon” meaning drug and “kinetikos” meaning putting in motion and the study of time dependency) has been variously defined as the study of the relationship between administered doses of a drug and the observed blood (plasma or serum) or tissue concentrations. It is a branch of pharmacology that explores what the body does to a drug and hence concerns itself with the quantitation of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME).
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Encyclopaedia of Psychopharmacology |
| Editors | Ian P. Stolerman, LH Price |
| Place of Publication | USA |
| Publisher | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Pages | pp 1-13 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Edition | 2nd |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-642-27772-6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-642-27772-6 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jul 2015 |