Roles of amino acids in the food effect : metabolic and pharmacokinetic studies on propafenone and metoprolol

The bioavailability of some high hepatic first-pass drugs has been shown to increase substantially when they are orally administered with a protein-rich meal in humans. A change in hepatic metabolic capacity, induced by dietary amino acids (AAs), could be the cause of the food effect. The purpose of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tan, Weiwei
Other Authors: Semple, Hugh
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2000
Online Access:http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-10212004-002828