Characterization of in vitro metabolites of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligand 6-formylindolo[3,2-b]carbazole by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and NMR

Drug Metabolism and Disposition

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 233-241

  Bergander, Linda ^a   Wahlström, Niklas ^b,c   Alsberg, Tomas ^a   Bergman, Jan ^b,c   Rannug, Agneta ^b   Rannug, Ulf ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 FORMYLINDOLO[3,2 B]CARBAZOLE; AROCLOR; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LIGAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DRUG METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CARBAZOLES; CYTOSOL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDOLES; LIGANDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSOMES, LIVER; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 12244269085     PISSN: 00909556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/dmd.31.2.233     Document Type: Article

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