Physiology and pharmacology of the brushtail possum gastrointestinal tract: Relationship to the human gastrointestinal tract

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1121-1132

  McDowell, Arlene ^a   McLeod, Bernie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Caecum; Gastrointestinal pH; LHRH; Marsupial; Oral delivery; Transit time; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

ASTROBIOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; FERMENTATION; MAMMALS; PHARMACOKINETICS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CAECUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MARSUPIAL ANIMALS; ORAL DELIVERY; PHARMACOLOGY; VERTEBRATES;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

BACITRACIN; BESTATIN; CARBOMER; CODEINE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; INSULIN; IOPHENOXIC ACID; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; PHENAZONE; PLANT TOXIN; SOYBEAN TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; WARFARIN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG LABELING; DRUG METABOLISM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; MARSUPIAL; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEINASE INHIBITION; REVIEW; STOMACH PH; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; PERMEABILITY; PHARMACOKINETICS; TRICHOSURUS;

EID: 35349019198     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2007.06.012     Document Type: Review

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