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Pharmacological Chronobiology

Meaning

Pharmacological Chronobiology is the scientific discipline dedicated to studying how the timing of drug or hormone administration influences their efficacy, toxicity, and overall therapeutic index, based on the body’s intrinsic circadian rhythms. This field recognizes that the biological clock profoundly affects hormone secretion patterns, receptor density, enzyme activity, and drug metabolism throughout the 24-hour cycle. Applying this principle allows for chronotherapy, which is the precise timing of hormonal or peptide interventions to align with and amplify the body’s natural physiological rhythms.