Foundations of Pharmacokinetics

• Main Author: Rescigno, Aldo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2003.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Pharmacy.; Pharmacology.; Radiology.; Veterinary medicine.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Veterinary Medicine.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.

This book has its origin in my experience as a teacher of pharmacokinetics in many universities in four different continents. It was not my intention to write a popular book; what distinguishes this one from many others on the same subject is its large use of algebra and calculus. For this I make no...

Table of Contents:

• Models
• Physical Quantities
• The Birth of Compartments
• Linear Differential Equations
• Stochastic Compartments
• Directed Graphs
• Linear Graphs
• Moments
• Integral Equations
• Matrix Equations
• Non-Linear Models
• Clearance
• Turnover
• Volume and Dilution Factor
• Time Parameters
• Bioavailability and Bioequivalence
• Conclusion.