Prolonged lidocaine metabolizing activity of primary hepatocytes with spheroid culture using polyurethane foam as a culture substratum

Cytotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 235-242

  Nakazawa, Kohji ^a   Matsushita, Taku ^a   Funatsu, Kazumori ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drug metabolism simulator; Lidocaine MEGX; Monolayer culture; Polyurethane foam; Rat hepatocytes; Spheroid culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030967335     PISSN: 09209069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007935016223     Document Type: Article

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