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Pharmacology: Bioavailability sound on image

Introduction
 
Drug Properties
 
Physiology
 
Medicine
Properties
 
Bioavailability
 
Activity
 
Assessment
 
Resources

Factor 1: The properties of the drug

Benzyl penicillin is destroyed by the low pH of the stomach and heparin and insulin by digestive enzymes.

Strongly hydrophobic drugs are poorly absorbed because they are insoluble in aqueous body fluids, whilst strongly hydrophilic drugs are unable to cross lipid rich cell membranes.

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Page created: 16 January, 2004
Last updated: 24 January, 2008 1:15 PM
By: Gareth Peevers, Mark Foss