| Literature DB >> 743488 |
P Workman, C R Wiltshire, P N Plowman, N M Bleehen.
Abstract
Concentrations of misonidazole and its O-demethylated metabolite Ro 05-9963 in the plasma and saliva of 10 patients with malignant disease have been determined. A good linear correlation was established between plasma and saliva misonidazole concentration, and salivary sampling was found to be suitable for the estimation of a number of pharmacokinetic parameters. Data are also presented for serial tumour cencentrations of misonidazole and Ro 05-9963 in 3 of the 10 patients. Monitoring of salivary misonidazole concentration appears to be a useful alternative to plasma monitoring, particularly for those patients in whom plasma sampling is unsuitable or impossible.Entities:
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Year: 1978 PMID: 743488 PMCID: PMC2009825 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1978.277
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Cancer ISSN: 0007-0920 Impact factor: 7.640