Fungal biotransformation of the antihistamine azatadine by Cunninghamella elegans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3477-3479

  Zhang, Donglu ^a   Hansen Jr , Eugene B ^a   Deck, Joanna ^a   Heinze, Thomas M ^a   Sutherland, John B ^a   Cerniglia, Carl E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; AZATADINE;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM; ZYGOMYCETES;

CUNNINGHAMELLA ELEGANS; FUNGI; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 0029786834     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3477-3479.1996     Document Type: Article

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