Stool water content and colonic drug absorption: Contrasting effects of lactulose and codeine

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1254-1259

  Hebden, John M ^a   Gilchrist, Peter J ^a   Perkins, Alan C ^b   Wilson, Clive G ^a   Spiller, Robin C ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorption; Codeine; Colon; EDTA; Lactulose; Quinine

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; LACTULOSE; QUININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; COLON ABSORPTION; COLON MOTILITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG TRANSPORT; FECES COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER CONTENT;

ADULT; BODY WATER; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CODEINE; COLON; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIFFUSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EDETIC ACID; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; LACTULOSE; MALE; QUININE; RESINS, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 0032854720     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014805815499     Document Type: Article

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