Absorption, distribution and excretion of 14C-pilocarpine following oral administration to rats

Arzneimittel-Forschung/Drug Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 171-178

  Omori, Yasuhiro ^a   Endo, Takuro ^a   Hara, Yoshiki ^a   Nishiyama, Masahiko ^a   Midgley, Ian ^b   Smart, Clair I ^b   John, Alexandra J ^b   Chasseaud, Leslie F ^b   McBurney, Alan ^b   John, Brian A ^b  

^a KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b HUNTINGDON LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAS 54 71 7; CAS 92 13 7; Pilocarpine hydrochloride; Pilocarpine, absorption, distribution, excretion, rat; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BILIARY EXCRETION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; GLAUCOMA; LACTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; RADIOACTIVITY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 12144290971     PISSN: 00044172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1296955     Document Type: Article

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