A simple procedure for determining the aqueous half-lives of pyrrolic metabolites of pyrrolizidine alkaloids

Toxicon

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 604-607

  Cooper, Roland A ^a   Huxtable, Ryan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

ARTICLE; HALF LIFE TIME; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLITE; PH; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030012814     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(95)00169-7     Document Type: Article

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