Title: pharmacokinetics
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - pharmacokinetics
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.PT06835
Status: current

Definition
Process of the uptake of drugs by the body, the biotransformation they undergo, the distribution of the drugs and their metabolites in the tissues, and the elimination of the drugs and their metabolites from the body over a period of time.Study of such processes.

Related Terms
- biotransformation: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/B00667
- elimination: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/E02038
- metabolites: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/M03859
- uptake: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/UT06806

Source
- PAC, 2004, 76, 1033. 'Glossary of terms used in toxicokinetics (IUPAC Recommendations 2003)' on page 1064 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200476051033)

Other Outputs
- html: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/PT06835/html
- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/PT06835/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/PT06835/xml

Citation: Citation: 'pharmacokinetics' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.PT06835
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