Biotransformation of mirtazapine by Cunninghamella elegans

Drug Metabolism and Disposition

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1274-1279

  Moody, Joanna D ^a   Freeman, James P ^a   Fu, Peter P ^a   Cerniglia, Carl E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

12 HYDROXYMIRTAZAPINE; 13 HYDROXYMIRTAZAPINE; 8 HYDROXYMIRTAZAPINE; DRUG METABOLITE; MIRTAZAPINE; MIRTAZAPINE N OXIDE; N DESMETHYL 13 HYDROXYMIRTAZAPINE; N DESMETHYL 8 HYDROXYMIRTAZAPINE; NORMIRTAZAPINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MIANSERIN;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNNINGHAMELLA; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; ENANTIOMER; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL ROTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOISOMERISM;

CUNNINGHAMELLA; CUNNINGHAMELLA ELEGANS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CUNNINGHAMELLA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIANSERIN; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0036843607     PISSN: 00909556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/dmd.30.11.1274     Document Type: Article

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