Influence of simulated weightlessness on the pharmacokinetics of acetaminophen administered by the oral route: A study in the rat

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-64

  Gandia, Peggy ^a,b   Saivin, Sylvie ^a,b   Lavit, Michel ^a,b   Houin, Georges ^a,b  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Absorption; Acetaminophen; Pharmacokinetics; Weightlessness

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ELIMINATION; EVALUATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH EMPTYING; STRESS; TILLAGE; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIFFUSION; GASTRIC EMPTYING; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MALE; POPULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 1042265028     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-8206.2003.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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