The rat biliary metabolites of dihydroartemisinin, an antimalarial endoperoxide

Drug Metabolism and Disposition

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1200-1204

  Maggs, James L ^c   Madden, Stephen ^a   Bishop, Laurence P ^c   O'Neill, Paul M ^c   Park, B Kevin ^b  

^a Inveresk Research   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; DRUG METABOLITE; ENDOPEROXIDE; GLUCURONIDE;

ARTICLE; BILIARY EXCRETION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG GLUCURONIDATION; DRUG METABOLISM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOMERISM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; BILE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 0030879988     PISSN: 00909556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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