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Biological activity is "the capacity of a specific molecular entity to achieve a defined biological effect" on a target (Jackson et al., 2007), and it is measured by the activity or concentration of a molecule required to cause that activity, and biological activity is always measured by biological assay. In the pharmaceutical sciences, biological or pharmacological activity describes the beneficial or harmful effect of a drug on an organism. Among the various properties of chemical compounds, the biological or pharmaceutical activity plays a prominent role for the compounds in therapeutic applications, however, chemical compounds show some adverse and toxic effects that may prevent their use in therapeutic medical applications (Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, 1993). Biological activity is always depend on the dose that given to the living organism, so it is logically to show either beneficial or adverse effect that range from low to high. Activity depends mainly on the action of the "absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion," (ADME) measurement. To be an active medicine, a compound not only must be active against a targe

Author

Abdalbasit Adam Mariod; Haroon Elrasheid Tahir

Publisher

Elsevier

Published

2022

Language

EN