Plasma protein binding of levamisole in several species

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-187

  Sahagun A ^a   Fernandez N ^a   Teran M T ^a   Garcia J J ^a   Sierra, M ^a   Diez, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Equilibrium dialysis; Levamisole; Protein binding

Indexed keywords

LEVAMISOLE; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DIALYSIS; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; NEMATODE; PROTEIN BINDING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; HORSES; LEVAMISOLE; PROTEIN BINDING; RABBITS; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

EID: 0031004642     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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