Equipments in Experimental Pharmacology
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Experimental Pharmacology as a science has been delivering high-quality evidence and advancements in Pharmacology for decades. The experiments in the field of Pharmacology contribute right from the basic step of molecule identification to marketing a drug. Experiments in biomedical research involve subject, intervention (experiment) and the results. Though experiments in Pharmacology date back to many centuries but only with the invention of various tools (equipment) and new techniques the discipline of experimental pharmacology attained a new paradigm. The invention of various equipments facilitated the experiments done in-vitro, animal or in humans. In this section, we will see some of the commonly used and basic instruments used in experimental Pharmacology.
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Kirubakaran, R. (2022). Equipments in Experimental Pharmacology. In: Lakshmanan, M., Shewade, D.G., Raj, G.M. (eds) Introduction to Basics of Pharmacology and Toxicology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5343-9_6
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