| Literature DB >> 16940130 |
Niklas Lindegardh1, Geraint R Davies, Tinh Hien Tran, Jeremy Farrar, Pratap Singhasivanon, Nicholas P J Day, Nicholas J White.
Abstract
The anti-influenza drug oseltamivir is an ester prodrug activated by hepatic carboxylesterases. Plasma esterases also convert up to 31.8% of the parent compound to the active metabolite after 4 h ex vivo, with wide interindividual variation. This source of error is removed by adding the esterase inhibitor dichlorvos to blood collection tubes.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16940130 PMCID: PMC1563560 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00500-06
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191