In vitro metabolic interconversion between baicalin and baicalein in the liver, kidney, intestine and bladder of rat

Yaoxue Xuebao

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 664-668

  Liu, Zhao Ming ^a   Ma, Yue Ming ^a   Wang, Tian Ming ^a   Guo, Xin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Baicalein; Baicalin; In vitro metabolism

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BAICALEIN; BAICALIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BLADDER; ENZYMOLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROSOME; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FLAVANONES; FLAVONOIDS; GLUCURONIDASE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROLYSIS; INTESTINES; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MICROSOMES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 49049100463     PISSN: 05134870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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