Assessment of Hepatic Detoxification Activity: Proposal of an Improved Variant of the 13C-Methacetin Breath Test

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Holzhütter, Hermann Georg ^a   Lock, Johan Friso ^a   Taheri, Pouria ^a   Bulik, Sascha ^a   Goede, Andrean ^a   Stockmann, Martin ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 ACETANISIDINE; 4 ACETANISIDINE C 13; BICARBONATE; BICARBONATE C 13; CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE 13; PARACETAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; COMPARTMENT MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIVER DETOXIFICATION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY;

ACETAMIDES; ALGORITHMS; BICARBONATES; BREATH TESTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; HUMANS; KINETICS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84881563696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070780     Document Type: Article

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