Active secretion and enterocytic drug metabolism barriers to drug absorption

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 46, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 89-102

  Wacher, Vincent J ^a   Salphati, Laurent ^b   Benet, Leslie Z ^b  

^a AvMax Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active transport; Bioavailability; Cytochrome P450 3A; Intestine; Metabolism; P glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

DRUG; GLYCOPROTEIN P;

ANIMAL; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE CELL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DIET; ENTEROCYTES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINES; P-GLYCOPROTEIN; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 0035290059     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-409X(00)00126-5     Document Type: Article

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