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Introduction to Flavonoids Flavonoids are group of plant polyphenolic secondary metabolites showing common three ring structure. Flavonoid is named from
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Definition of Pharmacodynamics Pharmacodynamics is the study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs on the body or on
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Definition of Drug A drug may be defined as any substance that brings about a change in biologic function through
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Introduction to Antagonism in Pharmacology Antagonism could be defined as an interaction between two or more drugs that have opposite
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The magnitude of response produced by a drug is a function of the dose administered. There is a systemic relationship
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Drug-receptor interaction is characterized by: binding of drug to receptor and generation of a response in a biological system. The
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