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Selected Keyword: metabolism

Clinical impact of changes in drug clearance

Examines some of the factors which affect total body clearance of a drug and how this, in turn, influences a drug's clinical impact.

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Release Date: 20 January 2009

 

Introducing Metabolism

This learning resource looks at anabolic and catabolic metabolism. It describes the metabolic fate of energy substrates within the body and the relationships between subunits, storage and breakdown.

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Release Date: 04 November 2010

 

Introduction to drug clearance

Provides a definition of clearance and a basic explanation of the processes

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Release Date: 18 September 2008

 

Understanding First Pass Metabolism

Description of first pass metabolism of orally-administered drugs in the liver and gastrointestinal tract

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Release Date: 09 January 2004