Insulin dependent diabetes is often accompanied by high levels of triacylglycerols in the blood. Suggest a biochemical explanation.

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Pharmacokinetics

Pharmacokinetics is made up of two words: pharmakon means drug, and kinetics which means moving. Pharmacokinetics could be defined in simple words as the movement of drugs through the whole body and out of the body.