In vitro evaluation of the inhibitory potential of pharmaceutical excipients on human carboxylesterase 1A and 2.

Two major forms of human carboxylesterase (CES), CES1A and CES2, dominate the pharmacokinetics of most prodrugs such as imidapril and irinotecan (CPT-11). Excipients, largely used as insert vehicles in formulation, have been recently reported to affect drug enzyme activity. The influence of excipien...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chengliang Zhang, Yanjiao Xu, Qiaoni Zhong, Xiping Li, Ping Gao, Chengyang Feng, Qian Chu, Yuan Chen, Dong Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3974814?pdf=render