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MeSH Heading: Biological Availability
Tree Number(s): G03.787.151; G07.690.725.129
Unique ID: D001682
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001682
Annotation: coordinate NIM with specific drug /‌pharmacokin
Scope Note: The extent to which the active ingredient of a drug dosage form becomes available at the site of drug action or in a biological medium believed to reflect accessibility to a site of action.
Entry Version: BIOL AVAILABILITY
Entry Term(s): Availability Equivalency; Availability, Biologic; Availability, Biological; Availability, Physiologic; Bioavailability; Biologic Availability; Physiologic Availability
Previous Indexing: Biopharmaceutics (1966-1974); Drug Compounding (1966-1969); Drugs (1966-1969); Pharmacology (1966-1969)
Public MeSH Note: 79; was BIOLOGIC AVAILABILITY see under BIOPHARMACEUTICS 1970-78; AVAILABILITY EQUIVALENCY & PHYSIOLOGIC AVAILABILITY were see under BIOPHARMACEUTICS 1970-79; AVAILABILITY EQUIVALENCY was see under BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY 1980-86
Online Note: use BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY to search AVAILABILITY EQUIVALENCY 1980-86, BIOLOGIC AVAILABILITY & PHYSIOLOGIC AVAILABILITY 1975-79, & BIOPHARMACEUTICS 1970-74
History Note: 79; was BIOLOGIC AVAILABILITY see under BIOPHARMACEUTICS 1970-78; PHYSIOLOGIC AVAILABILITY was see under BIOPHARMACEUTICS 1970-79; AVAILABILITY EQUIVALENCY was see under BIOPHARMACEUTICS 1970-79 and see under BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY 1980-86
Date Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/16

No Qualifiers

Metabolism [G03]
- Pharmacokinetics [G03.787]

Physiological Phenomena [G07]
- Pharmacological and Toxicological Phenomena [G07.690]
  - Pharmacokinetics [G07.690.725]

Biological Availability Preferred

Concept UI: M0002522
Scope Note: The extent to which the active ingredient of a drug dosage form becomes available at the site of drug action or in a biological medium believed to reflect accessibility to a site of action.
Terms: Biological Availability Preferred Term
Term UI T004860
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1975); Availability, Biological
Term UI T004859
Date08/31/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Bioavailability
Term UI T004858
Date04/21/1977
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Physiologic Availability
Term UI T004862
Date05/30/1979
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Availability, Biologic
Term UI T004863
Date08/31/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Biologic Availability
Term UI T004864
Date02/01/1978
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Availability, Physiologic
Term UI T004861
Date05/30/1979
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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