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Pharmacology

Pharmacology is the biomedical science concerned with how drugs and other bioactive substances interact with living systems. It encompasses pharmacodynamics, the study of a drug's biochemical and physiological effects and its mechanism of action at receptors, enzymes, and signalling pathways, and pharmacokinetics, t…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 68× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2328-0182 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Pharmacology is the biomedical science concerned with how drugs and other bioactive substances interact with living systems. It encompasses pharmacodynamics, the study of a drug's biochemical and physiological effects and its mechanism of action at receptors, enzymes, and signalling pathways, and pharmacokinetics, the study of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion that determine drug exposure over time. The discipline integrates chemistry, physiology, and molecular biology and progresses through in silico, in vitro, and in vivo investigation to characterise efficacy, potency, dose-response relationships, and safety. Contemporary research in this area applies network pharmacology to predict the multiple molecular targets of candidate compounds, including phytochemicals and essential-oil constituents, and uses structure-activity relationship analysis and computer-aided design to guide lead optimisation, as in studies of xanthones as kinase inhibitors. Further strands include comparative evaluation of lipid-lowering and antihypertensive agents, the application of immunoglobulins and immune-response biology to therapeutic development, psychopharmacology of centrally acting compounds, preclinical cardiotoxicity and disease-model testing, and dose-response characterisation of natural-product fractions. Pharmacology matters because it provides the mechanistic and quantitative foundation for rational drug discovery, development, and clinical use. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research spanning molecular, preclinical, and applied pharmacology.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2022

A Review on Drug Design by the Application of Computer

S. Patil NikitaCorresponding author
Department of Pharmaceutics P.S.G.V.P.M’s College of Pharmacy, Shahada.
Exact topic Advanced Pharmaceutical Science And Technology doi:10.14302/issn.2328-0182.japst-22-4363

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 68 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Pharmacology, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Advanced Pharmaceutical Science And Technology (ISSN 2328-0182).

Journal editorial board
natalia malara · Italy Saba Khalilpour · Italy Haseeb Khan · United States

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