Full-profile pharmacokinetics, anticancer activity and toxicity of an extended release trivalent PEGylated irinotecan prodrug
Irinotecan is an anticancer topoisomerase I inhibitor that acts as a prodrug of the active metabolite, SN-38. Unfortunately, the limited utility of irinotecan is attributed to its pH-dependent stability, short half-life and dose-limiting toxicity. To address this problem, a novel trivalent PEGylated...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-08-01
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Series: | Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211383523000114 |