Characterization of rat intestinal microsomal UDP-glucuronosyltransferase activity toward mycophenolic acid

Drug Metabolism and Disposition

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1632-1639

  Miles, Kristini K ^a   Kessler, Fay K ^a   Smith, Philip C ^b   Ritter, Joseph K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A1; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE CELL; MALE; MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMALS; CELL FRACTIONATION; COLON; GLUCURONIDES; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTESTINE, SMALL; KINETICS; MALE; MICROSOMES; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, GUNN; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33747840664     PISSN: 00909556     EISSN: 1521009X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/dmd.106.010140     Document Type: Article

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