Pharmacokinetics of artesunate after single oral administration to rats

BMC Pharmacology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Olliaro, Piero L ^a   Nair, Naren K ^b   Sathasivam, Kathir ^b   Mansor, Sharif M ^b   Navaratnam, Vis ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ARTESUNATE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; ESTERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG HYDROXYLATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG OXIDATION; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; FEEDING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PH; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TIME;

EID: 2642524547     PISSN: 14712210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2210-1-12     Document Type: Article

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