Absorption, distribution, and excretion of 14C-labeled tacrolimus (FK506) after a single or repeated ocular instillation in rabbits

Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 333-343

  Fujita, Eriko ^a   Teramura, Yoshinori ^a   Mitsugi, Koichi ^b   Ninomiya, Shin Ichi ^b   Iwatsubo, Takafumi ^a   Kawamura, Akio ^a   Kamimura, Hidetaka ^a  

^a ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

^b DAIICHI PURE CHEMICALS CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; EYE DROPS; TACROLIMUS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EXCRETION; ESOPHAGUS; EYE; EYEBALL; FECES; LACRIMAL DUCT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; RADIOACTIVITY; STROMA; SUSPENSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URINARY EXCRETION;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; EYE; FECES; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; RABBITS; SUSPENSIONS; TACROLIMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 44349106383     PISSN: 10807683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jop.2007.0086     Document Type: Article

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