Article ID: CBB000020861

Origins of the receptor theory of drug action (1974)

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Description “Although it was suggested by several investigators in the 19th century that the action of drugs might be due to a reaction between the drug and some constituent of the cell, the concept of drug receptors was first clearly developed at the beginning of the 20th century by John Newport Langley (1852-1925) in England and by Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915) in Germany.”


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Authors & Contributors
Huentelmann, Axel C.
Bonah, Christian
Cambrosio, Alberto
Crist, Eileen
Deichmann, Ute
Halliwell, Robert Francis
Journals
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Bulletin for the History of Chemistry
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
History and Technology
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Journal of the History of Biology
Publishers
Economica
Palgrave Macmillan
University of Washington Press
Wallstein Verlag
World Scientific
Union Institute and University
Concepts
Immunology
Chemotherapy
Medicine
Pharmacology
Nobel Prizes
Biographies
People
Ehrlich, Paul
Langley, John Newport
Koch, Robert
Arrhenius, Svante
Behring, Emil von
Bertheim, Alfred
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
Places
Europe
Germany
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