physiological

(adjective)

Of, or relating to, the science of the function of living systems.

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Examples of physiological in the following topics:

  • Isotopes in Medicine

    • These images are based on cellular function and physiology, rather than on physical changes in the tissue anatomy.
    • Nuclear medicine differs from most other imaging in that diagnostic tests primarily show the physiological function of the system being investigated, as opposed to traditional anatomic imaging, such as CT or MRI.

  • Stereoisomers Part II

    • The physical properties of this simple compound were identical, regardless of the source (m.p, 53 ºC & pKa 3.80), but there was evidence that the physiological behavior of the compound from the two sources was not the same.

  • Compounds Having Two or More Chiral Centers

    • The Chinese shrub Ma Huang (Ephedra vulgaris) contains two physiologically active compounds ephedrine and pseudoephedrine.

  • Fatty Acids

    • These acids are also precursors to the prostaglandins, a family of physiologically potent lipids present in minute amounts in most body tissues.

  • Weak Bases

    • Like weak acids, weak bases have important applications in biochemical studies, chemistry reactions, and physiological purposes, particularly because of their role in buffer solutions.

  • Medical Solutions: Colligative Properties

    • At normal physiological conditions, organisms regulate their internal environments and maintain stable, constant conditions despite influences from the outside environment.

  • Elemental Boron

    • Boron is essential to life, although its exact physiological role in animals is not well-established.

  • The Acid Dissociation Constant

    • Buffering is an essential part of in-vitro biochemical studies and acid-base physiology and plays a key role in analytical chemistry.

  • Nitrogen Compounds

    • Nitric oxide (NO) has recently been discovered to be an important signaling molecule in physiology.

  • Halogen Uses

    • The Swiss chemist Paul Hermann Müller was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1948 "for his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arthropods. " After harmful environmental impacts of DDT were recognized, it was banned in agricultural use worldwide under the Stockholm Convention, but its limited use in disease vector control continues to this day, though it remains controversial.