The Ability of a Drug to Bind to Its Receptor

question 9

Multiple Choice

The ability of a drug to bind to its receptor can be influenced by local chemicals such as guanine nucleotides,ammonium ions,and divalent cations.These local regulators are commonly known as _____.

• A) competitive agonists
• B) noncompetitive agonists
• C) allosteric modulators
• D) partial antagonists
• E) chelators

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Definitions:

Payback Method

A method used in capital budgeting to estimate the time required to recoup the initial investment from its cash flows.

Payback

A method to evaluate investments by calculating the time needed to recoup the original investment.

Discount Factor

A multiplier used in time value of money calculations to determine the present value of a future sum or cash flow.

Straight-Line

A method of calculating depreciation of an asset, whereby its cost is evenly spread over its useful life.