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Cytosolic and microsomal activation of doxifluridine and tegafur to produce 5-fluorouracil in human...

Cytosolic and microsomal activation of doxifluridine and tegafur to produce 5-fluorouracil in human...

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Cytosolic and microsomal activation of doxifluridine and tegafur to produce 5-fluorouracil in human liver

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Cytosolic and microsomal activation of doxifluridine and tegafur to produce 5-fluorouracil in human liver

Publisher

Berlin: Springer

Journal title

Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology, 2002-12, Vol.50 (6), p.454-458

Language

English

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Berlin: Springer

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Contents

The enzymatic formation of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) from two fluoropyrimidine prodrugs, doxifluridine (5'-DFUR) and tegafur (FT), was compared in vitro in order to determine whether there are differences between the metabolic profiles of the two prodrugs.
Conversion of the two fluoropyrimidine prodrugs to 5-FU was measured by high-performance liqui...

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Cytosolic and microsomal activation of doxifluridine and tegafur to produce 5-fluorouracil in human liver

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_213513352

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_213513352

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ISSN

0344-5704

E-ISSN

1432-0843

DOI

10.1007/s00280-002-0528-1

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