Stereoselective passage of mefloquine through the blood-brain barrier in the rat

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1086-1090

  Baudry, S ^a   Pham, Y T ^a   Baune, B ^b   Vidrequin, S ^a   Crevoisier, C H ^c   Gimenez, F ^a,d   Farinotti, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG METABOLITE; MEFLOQUINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG PENETRATION; ENANTIOMER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RACEMIC MIXTURE; RAT; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0030690220     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7158.1997.tb06047.x     Document Type: Article

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