Single dose pharmacokinetics of oral artemether in healthy Malaysian volunteers

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 363-365

  Mordi, M N ^a   Mansor, S M ^a   Navaratnam, V ^a   Wernsdorfer, W H ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Artemether; Malaria; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; DRUG METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALAYSIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHARMACOKINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0030941625     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.1997.00573.x     Document Type: Article

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