Drug and xenobiotic biotransformation in the blood-brain barrier: A neglected issue.

Drug biotransformation is a crucial mechanism for facilitating the elimination of chemicals from the organism and for decreasing their pharmacological activity. Published evidence suggests that brain drug metabolism may play a role in the development of adverse drug reactions and in the clinical res...

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Main Authors: José A.G. Agúndez, Félix Javier eJiménez-Jiménez, Hortensia eAlonso-Navarro, Elena eGarcía-Martín
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2014.00335/full