Metabolism of oxycodone in human hepatocytes from different age groups and prediction of hepatic plasma clearance
Oxycodone is commonly used to treat severe pain in adults and children. It is extensively metabolized in the liver in adults, but the maturation of metabolism is not well understood. Our aim was to study the metabolism of oxycodone in cryopreserved human hepatocytes from different age groups (3 days...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Pharmacology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2011.00087/full |