BPS 3102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Biodegradation, Drug Delivery, Phagocytosis

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biopharmaceutical sciences
• Course: BPS 3102
• Professor: Linda Bonen

Document Summary

Pharmacology: the study of the properties of chemicals and living organisms and all aspects of their interactions. Uses, effects, and modes of action of drugs. Toxicology: the study of the properties of chemicals and living organisms and the underlying mechanisms of toxic effects exerted by substances on living organisms and other biological systems. Interactions between living organisms and substances drive adaption and evolution. Human chemical ecology: impacts on fertility (survival/reproduction), manage risk. Illness results from disturbance of the chemical constituents of the body. Provided framework for dose-response relationships and the therapeutic index. Pharmacology and toxicology arose from chemistry, biology, medicine, and math. Evolved to: step-specific, organ/system specific, approach specific, and application specific. Once a substance (any chemical agent that affects living organisms) is in the body, it response in two ways: the body acts on the molecules (pharmacokinetics), and the substance acts on the body (pharmacodynamics).