Pharmacokinetics of artemisinin and artesunate after oral administration in healthy volunteers

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-23

  Benakis, Achille ^a   Paris, Maria ^a   Loutan, Louis ^b   Plessas, Charalambos T ^a   Plessas, Stavros T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALARIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TABLET;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTESUNATE;

EID: 0031027605     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.17     Document Type: Article

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