Drug elimination is the process by which pharmaceutical substances are removed from the body. All drugs are eventually eliminated from the body, although there are various pathways that may be ...

ADME is the abbreviation for absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion. ADME studies are designed to investigate how a chemical (e.g., a drug compound) is processed by a living organism.

As age increases, the functions of tissues and organs in the body gradually decline. Due to this decline in organ function, drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME processes) in ...

Owing to inconvenience of a 24-hour urine collection, diagnostic methods based on spot urine samples are becoming increasingly popular. Spot urine sodium measurements could replace 24-hour urinary ...

A research team has discovered that metformin, the most widely prescribed anti-diabetic drug, causes sugar to be excreted in the stool. Taking advantage of the new bio-imaging apparatus PET-MRI, they ...

Introduction: Incidentaloma is an adrenal tumor detected during diagnostic imaging performed for extra-adrenal causes. Evaluation of metanephrine concentrations in a 24-hour urine collection can be a ...

Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue has announced his intention to bring forward changes to the nitrates rules. According to Mr McConalogue, whilst these proposed changes are "relatively modest", ...

Respiration is the process of releasing energy from food. Like human beings and other animals, plants also need oxygen from the environment and release carbon dioxide. This shows that even plants ...