Activated charcoal is effective but equilibrium dialysis is ineffective in removing oleander leaf extract and oleandrin from human serum: Monitoring the effect by measuring apparent digoxin concentration

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 323-330

  Dasgupta, Amitava ^a   Cao, Shinian ^a   Wells, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated charcoal; Equilibrium dialysis; Oleander; Oleandrin

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; DIGOXIN; OLEANDRIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MONITORING; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EQUILIBRIUM DIALYSIS; HEMOPERFUSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INDIGESTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

CARDENOLIDES; CHARCOAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIALYSIS; DIGOXIN; HUMANS; NERIUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 0038780549     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007691-200306000-00013     Document Type: Article

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