Medical Subject Headings

Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D014018
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D014018
Preferred Name

Tissue Distribution

Definitions
Accumulation of a drug or chemical substance in various organs (including those not relevant to its pharmacologic or therapeutic action). This distribution depends on the blood flow or perfusion rate of the organ, the ability of the drug to penetrate organ membranes, tissue specificity, protein binding. The distribution is usually expressed as tissue to plasma ratios.
Synonyms
Distribution, Tissue
Tissue Distributions
Distributions, Tissue
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
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