{"id":1506,"date":"2018-06-14T15:56:05","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T21:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinityanimation.com\/blog\/?p=1506"},"modified":"2018-08-10T11:16:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T17:16:29","slug":"mechanism-of-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinityanimation.com\/blog\/mechanism-of-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Mechanism of Action Pharmacological Animations"},"content":{"rendered":"

The term \u201cMechanism of Action,” as used here, refers to the biochemical process through which a drug produces its effect. Drugs typically bind to receptors, which are located on the surface of cells or within a cell’s cytoplasm<\/a> \u2014 a clear semi-solid substance within a cell. Closely related is a term used by some authors: \u201csite of action,\u201d meaning the location in human tissue to which a chemical or drug binds. Some drugs act as an \u201cagonists\u2019 activating the receptors they to which they bind, and, consequently they increase or decrease the activity within the cell. Other drugs, know as as \u201cantagonists\u201d act to block the receptors to which they bind so that natural agonists within the body cannot bind and are, therefore, rendered ineffectual.<\/p>\n