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 ...

Festivals often trigger uric acid spikes due to a perfect storm of high-purine foods, sugary drinks, and alcohol, combined ...

Hyperuricemia induces gout and kidney stones and accelerates the progression of renal and cardiovascular diseases 1,2. Unlike other mammals, hominoids, including humans, show high serum uric acid ...

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 ...

FOURTEEN years have passed since Huggins and Hodges 1 demonstrated the efficacy of castration and estrogen therapy in the treatment of carcinoma of the prostate. The frequently observed response of ...

The WHO recommends daily sodium intake of less than 2 g, based on relatively short trials in which the effect of sodium intake on blood pressure was assessed. In this study, researchers analyzed data ...

The excretion of Cd2+ through the bile and intestinal wall after intravenous administration of CdCl2 in non-toxic doses (67, 90, and 120 μg of Cd2+ per rat) was studied in rats. The cumulative biliary ...

An average crest time of the circadian rhythmic change in 17-hydroxycorticosteroid excretion—the so-called circadian acrophase of this urinary variable—was determined by several kinds of electronic ...

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 ...