Effect of cucurbitacins on bilirubin-albumin binding in human plasma

Life Sciences

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 579-585

  Greige Gerges, H ^a   Abou Khalil, R ^a   Chahine, R ^b   Haddad, C ^c   Harb, W ^a   Ouaini, N ^a  

^a HOLY SPIRIT UNIVERSITY OF KASLIK USEK   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c Notre Dame des Secours Hospital   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Albumin; Bilirubin; Cucurbitacin; Human plasma

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; CUCURBITACIN D; CUCURBITACIN E; CUCURBITACIN I; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BINDING; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; NORMAL HUMAN;

BILIRUBIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; PROTEIN BINDING; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRITERPENES;

EID: 33845991550     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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