Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Scope of pharmacology
- 3 Where do drugs come from?
- 4 The names of drugs
- 5 Techniques and methods of pharmacology
- 6 Absorption, distribution, and elimination of drugs; pharmacokinetics
- 7 The nature of responses to drugs
- 8 Receptor theory
- 9 Relationship of chemical structure to biological activity
- 10 Roles of the cell membrane in responses to drugs
- 11 Clinical aspects of the actions of drugs
- 12 Conclusion
- References
- Glossary of drugs named in the text
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Scope of pharmacology
- 3 Where do drugs come from?
- 4 The names of drugs
- 5 Techniques and methods of pharmacology
- 6 Absorption, distribution, and elimination of drugs; pharmacokinetics
- 7 The nature of responses to drugs
- 8 Receptor theory
- 9 Relationship of chemical structure to biological activity
- 10 Roles of the cell membrane in responses to drugs
- 11 Clinical aspects of the actions of drugs
- 12 Conclusion
- References
- Glossary of drugs named in the text
- Index
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- Elements of PharmacologyA Primer on Drug Action, pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1981