pharmacokinetics
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the study of the action of drugs in the body: method and rate of excretion; duration of effect; etc.
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By using different lanthanides MeCAT multiplexing can be used for pharmacokinetics of proteins and peptides or the analysis of the differential expression of proteins ( proteomics ) e.g. in biological fluids.
Complex, nonlinear pharmacokinetics arise via autoinhibition of CYP2D6 and CYP2D8, resulting in zeroth order kinetics at higher doses.
Depending on the decay mode and the pharmacokinetics of an element (how the body processes it and how quickly), the threat due to exposure to a given activity of a radioisotope will differ.
Many physiologically active materials are removed from the bloodstream (whether by metabolism or excretion) at a rate proportional to the current concentration, so that they exhibit exponential decay with a characteristic halflife (see pharmacokinetics ).
Jenkins AJ (2008) Pharmacokinetics of specific drugs.
Pharmacokinetics Carbamazepine is relatively slowly but well absorbed after oral administration.