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13 Cards in this Set
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Why is the philippines biodiverse and endemic |
the patchwork of isolated islands the tropical location of the country extensive areas of rainforest
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Cause in decline of number in biodiversity |
•Vulnerable to hunting •Trapped for pets or food •Habitat has been destroyed, especially lowland virgin forest •They are restricted to one or two islands •Climate change •Medicine •Religious rites
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Pharmacology |
Study of the history, sources, and physical and chemical properties of drugs Also look at the ways in which drugs affect living systems
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Pharmacodynamics |
biochemical and physiological effects of drugs drugs’ mechanisms of action
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Pharmacokinetics |
absorption, distribution, biotransformation (metabolism), and excretion of drugs |
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Pharmacotherapeutics |
how drugs may best be used in the treatment of illnesses which drug would be most appropriate or least appropriate to use for a specific disease what dose would be required
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Pharmacognosy |
focused on drugs derived from herbal and other natural (plant and animal) drug sources studying compositions of natural substances helps to gain knowledge for developing synthetic versions
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Toxicology |
Study of poisons and poisonings All drugs have the potential to become toxic. |
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Drug sources |
Natural sources Semisynthetic sources Synthetic sources
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Drug uses |
Symptomatic treatment Prevention Diagnostic drugs Curative Health maintenance Contraception
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Principles of drug action |
Agonist effect Antagonistic effect Adverse drug effect Therapeutic effect
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Drugs from plants |
Medicinal Poisonous Psychoactive |
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Drug from microorganisms |
Antimalaria Replication inhibitors on Hsp 90 Antibiotics Anti-inflammatory Apoptosis inhibiting compounds Anti-cell proliferating agent Cell lysis
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