Phenomena and Processes

Drug Agonism

Phenomena and pharmaceutics of compounds that selectively bind to a specific receptor and trigger a response. They mimic the action of endogenous biochemical molecules. Their effect can be countered by antagonists (DRUG ANTAGONISM).

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Phenomena and pharmaceutics of compounds that selectively bind to a specific receptor and trigger a response. They mimic the action of endogenous biochemical molecules. Their effect can be countered by antagonists (DRUG ANTAGONISM).

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  • Agonism, Drug

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general only; prefer specific drug with / agon; DRUG PARTIAL AGONISM and DRUG INVERSE AGONISM are also available

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2008

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  1. G07.690.773.968w.154

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Drug Agonism. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054313. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054313
  2. Drug Agonism. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70710769