Valproic acid biotransformation and toxicity in sandwich-cultured rat hepatocytes

Valproic acid (VPA) is a widely prescribed broad-spectrum antiepileptic drug. Clinical use of VPA is associated with a rare, but possibly fatal, idiosyncratic hepatotoxicity. The mechanism of VPA hepatotoxicity is not known, but it may involve reactive metabolites of VPA. Using a sandwich-culture...

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Main Author: Surendradoss, Jayakumar
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/46444