Baicalein 6-O-β-D-glucopyranuronoside is a main metabolite in the plasma after oral administration of baicalin, a flavone glucuronide of scutellariae radix, to rats

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 748-753

  Akao, Teruaki ^a   Sato, Keisuke ^a   He, Ju Xiu ^a   Ma, Chao Mei ^a   Hattori, Masao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baicalein 6 O D glucopyranuronoside; Baicalin; Metabolite; Rat

Indexed keywords

BAICALEIN; BAICALEIN 6 O BETA GLUCOPYRANURONOSIDE; BAICALIN; DRUG METABOLITE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG LIVER LEVEL; DRUG METABOLISM; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; JEJUNUM; JEJUNUM MUCOSA; LIVER; MALE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; RAT; SEROSA; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; FLAVANONES; FLAVONOIDS; GLUCURONATES; JEJUNUM; MALE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS;

EID: 84876897146     PISSN: 09186158     EISSN: 13475215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b12-00850     Document Type: Article

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