PharmacologyChurchill Livingstone, 2001 - 839 pagine Adapted for the U.S., this New Edition of PHARMACOLOGY, a popular UK text, describes what drugs do and emphasizes the mechanisms by which they act. The U.S. edition is revised and updated to reflect the substantial differences in drug names, FDA approvals, terminology, and guidelines for use. It also boasts new and revised chapters to ensure that students are up to date on the very latest information. Each chapter begins with a summary of information essential to the chapter and key points are highlighted within the text to alert students to crucial concepts. Spanish version also available, ISBN: 84-8174-492-1 |
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Pagina 417
... glucocorticoids affect carbohydrate and protein metabolism and the main endogenous hormones are hydrocortisone and corticosterone . The two actions are not completely separated in naturally occurring steroids , some glucocorticoids ...
... glucocorticoids affect carbohydrate and protein metabolism and the main endogenous hormones are hydrocortisone and corticosterone . The two actions are not completely separated in naturally occurring steroids , some glucocorticoids ...
Pagina 423
... glucocorticoids , but those involved in their metabolic actions are less well understood . Several relevant enzymes can be shown , in vitro , to be induced by glucocorticoids ( e.g. the cAMP- dependent kinase ) , but these do not as yet ...
... glucocorticoids , but those involved in their metabolic actions are less well understood . Several relevant enzymes can be shown , in vitro , to be induced by glucocorticoids ( e.g. the cAMP- dependent kinase ) , but these do not as yet ...
Pagina 424
... glucocorticoid therapy . Glucocorticoids influence bone by regulation of calcium and phosphate metabolism and through effects on collagen synthesis by osteoblasts and collagen degradation by collagenase . Glucocorticoids modify ...
... glucocorticoid therapy . Glucocorticoids influence bone by regulation of calcium and phosphate metabolism and through effects on collagen synthesis by osteoblasts and collagen degradation by collagenase . Glucocorticoids modify ...
Sommario
general principles | 11 |
molecular aspects | 19 |
Method and measurement in pharmacology | 47 |
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