Biochemistry vs Pharmacology - What's the difference?
biochemistry | pharmacology |
(uncountable) The chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
(countable) The chemical characteristics of a particular living organism
(countable) The biochemical activity associated with a particular chemical or condition
(medicine) The science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals, especially the science of the manufacture, use and effects of medicinal drugs.
The medicinal characteristics of a specific drug.
As nouns the difference between biochemistry and pharmacology
is that biochemistry is the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism while pharmacology is the science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals, especially the science of the manufacture, use and effects of medicinal drugs.biochemistry
English
(wikipedia biochemistry)Noun
- I want to study biochemistry .
- The biochemistries of fungal and bacterial cells are quite distinct.
- Our study compared the biochemistries of epilepsy and Parkinson's.
- The biochemistry of NO differs from that of NO2.
