Pharmacokinetics of artesunate following oral and rectal administration in healthy Sudanese volunteers

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 132-133

  Awad, M I ^a   Eltayeb, I B ^a   Baraka, O Z ^b   Behrens, R H ^c   Alkadru, A M Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTESUNATE; LACTABS; RECTOCAPS;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, RECTAL; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; ARTEMISININS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SESQUITERPENES;

ARTESUNATE;

EID: 3042707718     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550403400302     Document Type: Article

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