Effect of Indian ayurvedic medicine Ashwagandha on measurement of serum digoxin and 11 commonly monitored drugs using immunoassays: Study of protein binding and interaction with digibind

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1298-1303

  Dasgupta, Amitava ^a,b   Peterson, Amanda ^a   Wells, Alice ^a   Actor, Jeffrey K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACECAINIDE; ALKALOID; AYURVEDIC DRUG; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIGOXIN; DIGOXIN ANTIBODY F(AB) FRAGMENT; GENTAMICIN; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROCAINAMIDE; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THEOPHYLLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VALPROIC ACID; WITHAFERIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGOXIN BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CROSS REACTIVITY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROPARTICLE ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

ANIMALS; DIGOXIN; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG MONITORING; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTEIN BINDING; WITHANIA;

EID: 34547906105     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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