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Adverse drug effects: The unintended consequences associated with normal doses of administered drugs.
Area under the curve: The plot of plasma concentration of drug against time after drug administration.
Bioavailability: The amount of unchanged drug reaching the bloodstream following administration by any route.
Clinical pharmacology: The scientific discipline dedicated to the study of drugs in humans.
Cytochrome P-450: Enzyme superfamily functioning as terminal components of the microsomal mixed function mono-oxygenase system that catalyzes the biotransformation of predominantly lipophilic molecules such as drugs and xenobiotics (chemical compounds that are foreign to a living organism) into inactive, more water-soluble species that can be more readily excreted from the body.
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Bickers, D.R. (2010). General Pharmacology. In: Krieg, T., Bickers, D.R., Miyachi, Y. (eds) Therapy of Skin Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78814-0_3
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