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Pharmacology Ch 10
Introduction to Pharmacology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | Study of drugs and their actions in the body |
| Pharmacy | art of preparing, compounding and dispensing drugs for medicinal use |
| Toxicology | science that deals with poisons |
| biotechnology | study of living cells, usually e coli, to manufacture drugs |
| drug | any substance used as medicine |
| chemical substance | agents that may be made synthetically |
| plant parts or products | drugs that may be obtained from any parts of plants including leaves, bark fruit or roots |
| animal products | glandular products obtained from animal sources |