Studies on metabolic pathways of cocaine and its metabolites using microsome preparations from rat organs

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 375-381

  Toennes, Stefan W ^a   Thiel, Markus ^a   Walther, Michael ^a   Kauert, Gerold F ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBENZOYLECGONINE; BENZOYLECGONINE; BENZOYLNORECGONINE; COCAINE; DRUG METABOLITE; ECGONINE ETHYL ESTER; ECGONINE METHYL ESTER; HOMOCOCAINE; N HYDROXYNORCOCAINE; NORCOCAETHYLENE; NORCOCAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MICROSOME; DRUG METABOLISM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KIDNEY MICROSOME; LIVER MICROSOME; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG; LUNG TOXICITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COCAINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROLYSIS; KIDNEY; LUNG; MALE; MICROSOMES; MICROSOMES, LIVER; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037350085     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx025580n     Document Type: Article

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