Further characterization of rat brain flavin-containing monooxygenase: Metabolism of imipramine to its N-oxide

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1469-1475

  Bhagwat, Shripad V ^a   Bhamre, Shubhada ^a   Boyd, Michael R ^b   Ravindranath, Vijayalakshmi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

antidepressants; brain; drug metabolism; flavin containing monooxygenase; monooxygenases; psychoactive drugs

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; FLAVINE NUCLEOTIDE; IMIPRAMINE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MICROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIVER MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030029751     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(96)00088-3     Document Type: Article

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