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Hormone Pharmacodynamics

Meaning

Hormone Pharmacodynamics is the rigorous study of the biochemical and physiological effects of hormones on the body, including the detailed mechanisms of their action at the cellular and molecular levels. This specialized field explores the precise quantitative relationship between the concentration of a hormone at the receptor site and the resulting magnitude of the biological effect observed. It is the crucial counterpart to pharmacokinetics, explaining in detail what the hormone does once it successfully reaches and binds to its target receptor.