Pharmacokinetics, metabolism and excretion of megazol, a new potent trypanocidal drug in animals

Arzneimittel-Forschung/Drug Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 441-447

  Enanga, Bertin ^a,b   Boudra, Hamid ^a   Chauvière, Gérard ^c   Labat, Christian ^a   Bouteille, Bernard ^b   Dumas, Michel ^b   Houin, Georges ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Faculté de médecine   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

CAS 145 63 1; CAS 19622 55 0; Megazol, combination with suramin, elimination, metabolism, pharmacokinetics; Suramin, combination with megazol; Trypanocidal drugs

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 (1 METHYL 5 NITRO 2 IMIDAZOLYL) 1,3,4 THIADIAZOLE; SURAMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG COMPETITION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG FECES LEVEL; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0032975151     PISSN: 00044172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1300440     Document Type: Article

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