One tangerine/grapefruit hybrid (tangelo) contains trace amounts of furanocoumarins at a level too low to be associated with grapefruit/drug interactions

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2005, Pages c419-c422

  Widmer, Wilbur ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

CYP3A4; Furanocoumarin; Interaction; Psoralen; Tangelo; Tangerine

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS RETICULATA; CITRUS TANGELO; CITRUS X PARADISI;

EID: 23744447225     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2005.tb11440.x     Document Type: Article

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