Answer to Question #105080 in Biology for Kylie

Question

Which of the following statements best describes pharmacokinetics?
1. The study of how drugs reach their target in the body and how the levels of a drug
in the blood are affected by various factors.
2. The study of how drugs can be designed using molecular modelling based on a
drug's pharmacophore.
3. The study of how a drug interacts with its target binding site at the molecular level.
4. The study of which functional groups are important in binding a drug to its target
binding site and the identification of a pharmacophore.

Answer 1

1. The study of how drugs reach their target in the body and how the levels of a drug in the blood are affected by various factors. 

Pharmacokinetics is a branch of pharmacology that studies the fate of a drug in the body. It describes how the drug is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted from the body.