Modeling in Biopharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Approaches /

• Main Authors: Macheras, Panos (Author), Iliadis, Athanassios (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2006.
• Series: Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics, 30
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Pharmacology.; Biochemistry.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Biomathematics.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biomedical engineering.; Mathematical and Computational Biology.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Biomedical Engineering.; Biochemistry, general.; Applications of Mathematics.

The state of the art in Biopharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics Modeling is presented in this book. It shows how advanced physical and mathematical methods can expand classical models in order to cover heterogeneous drug-biological processes and therapeutic effects in the body. The...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Concepts
• The Geometry of Nature
• Diffusion and Kinetics
• Nonlinear Dynamics
• Modeling in Biopharmaceutics
• Drug Release
• Drug Dissolution
• Oral Drug Absorption
• Modeling in Pharmacokinetics
• Empirical Models
• Deterministic Compartmental Models
• Stochastic Compartmental Models
• Modeling in Pharmacodynamics
• Classical Pharmacodynamics
• Nonclassical Pharmacodynamics.