Transfer of metformin across monolayers of human intestinal Caco-2 cells and across rat intestine

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 155-162

  Nicklin, Paul ^a,b   Keates, Andrew C ^a   Page, Tony ^a   Bailey, Clifford J ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Caco 2 cells; intestinal absorption; metformin; permeability coefficient

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; METFORMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029936885     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5173(95)04259-8     Document Type: Article

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