Our understanding of the mechanism of drug-induced receptor activation and receptor theory and the biochemical definition of a receptor antagonist continues to evolve.
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Langley is known as one of the fathers of the chemical receptor theory, and as the origin of the concept of " receptive substance ".
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Normal pharmacological theory supports the receptor theory of drug mechanism, and the scientific community calls into question the validity of the concept of adaptogens, while the U . S . Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) and European Medicines Agency accept that the term can be used to assess traditional products.