Dried blood spots in bioanalysis of antimalarials: Relevance and challenges in quantitative assessment of antimalarial drugs

Bioanalysis

Volumn 5, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 2171-2186

  Taneja, Isha ^a,b   Erukala, Madhuri ^c   Raju, Kanumuri Siva Rama ^a,b   Singh, Sheelendra Pratap ^b   Wahajuddin, ^a,b,c  

^a ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH   (India)

^b CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYQUININE; 4 CHLOROPHENYLBIGUANIDE; AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; CYCLOGUANIL; DEETHYLCHLOROQUINE; DESBUTYLLUMEFANTRINE; MEFLOQUINE; MONODESETHYCHLOROQUINE; PIPERAQUINE; PROGUANIL; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; SULFADOXINE; TAFENOQUINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; BIOANALYSIS; BIOASSAY; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STABILITY; DRYING TIME; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DEVICE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOKINETICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORAGE; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 84883110938     PISSN: 17576180     EISSN: 17576199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bio.13.180     Document Type: Review

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