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Pharmacology

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A variety o topics involved wi pharmacology, includin neuropharmacology, renal pharmacology, human metabolism, intracellular metabolism, an intracellular regulation

Pharmacology is the brainch o biology concerned wi the study o drog action,[1] whaur a drog can be braidly defined as ony man-made, naitural, or endogenous (frae within bouk) molecule that exerts a biochemical or physiological effect on the cell, tishie, organ, or organism (whiles the wird pharmacon is uised as a term tae encompass these endogenous an exogenous bioactive species).

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  1. Vallance P, Smart TG (Januar 2006). "The future of pharmacology". British Journal of Pharmacology. 147 Suppl 1 (S1): S304–7. doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0706454. PMC 1760753. PMID 16402118.