Detection of exhaled hydrogen sulphide gas in healthy human volunteers during intravenous administration of sodium sulphide

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 626-636

  Toombs, Christopher F ^a   Insko, Michael A ^a   Wintner, Edward A ^a   Deckwerth, Thomas L ^a   Usansky, Helen ^b   Jamil, Khurram ^b   Goldstein, Brahm ^b   Cooreman, Michael ^b   Szabo, Csaba ^a  

^a Discovery Science Department   (United States)

^b Translational Science Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Excretion; Hydrogen sulphide; Lung; Metabolism; Pulmonary

Indexed keywords

BROMOBIMANE; DRUG METABOLITE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IK 1001; PLACEBO; SODIUM SULFIDE; SULFIDE; THIOSULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; DEVICE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EX VIVO STUDY; EXHALATION; GAS; GAS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLITE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BREATH TESTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; COHORT STUDIES; EXHALATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; SMELL; SULFIDES; THIOSULFATES;

EID: 77952057690     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2010.03636.x     Document Type: Article

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