antagonism

Information about antagonism

Antagonism is hostility that results in active resistance, opposition, or contentiousness.

Additionally, it may refer to:
  • Antagonism (chemistry), where the involvement of multiple agents reduce their overall effect
  • Antagonism (philosophy), a principle, force or factor that is an active resistance, opposition, or contentiousness
  • Antagonism (pharmacology), when a substance binds to the same site an agonist would bind to without causing activation of the receptor
  • Antagonism (phytopathology), the action of any microbes that suppresses the activity of a plant pathogen.

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In chemistry, antagonism is a phenomenon where two or more agents in combination have an overall effect which is less than the sum of their individual effects.

The word is most commonly used in this context in biochemistry and toxicology.
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In phytopathology, antagonism refers to the suppression or interference with the normal growth of a plant pathogen by another microorganism, such as bacteria or fungi.
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Antagonist may refer to:
  • Antagonist, a literary term
  • Receptor antagonist, a biochemical classification of function
  • Antagonist (muscle), a muscle type
  • Antagonist (Childe Cycle), a book in the childe cycle by Gordon R. Dickson and David W.

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