Pharmacokinetics & Drug Metabolism
Mastering PK/PD for pharmacology dissertations — ADME (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion) processes, first-pass metabolism, oral bioavailability, volume of distribution (Vd), clearance (CL), half-life (t½ = 0.693/k_e), one/two-compartment PK models, non-linear (Michaelis-Menten) PK, hepatic extraction ratio, CYP450 enzyme induction/inhibition (CYP3A4, 2D6, 1A2), drug-drug interaction mechanisms (metabolic, transporter-mediated P-gp/OATP), therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM), population PK modelling (NONMEM, Monolix), physiologically-based PK (PBPK) using Simcyp/GastroPlus.