Voluntary oral administration of losartan in rats

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 549-556

  Diogo, Lucília N ^a   Faustino, Inês V ^a   Afonso, Ricardo A ^a   Pereira, Sofia A ^a   Monteiro, Emília C ^a   Santos, Ana I ^a  

^a NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG VEHICLE; GLUCOSE; LOSARTAN; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PASTE; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; NUT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WISTAR RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; LOSARTAN; MALE; NUTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84943195739     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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