Effects of cigarette smoking on quinine pharmacokinetics in malaria.
OBJECTIVE: Quinine is an important antimalarial drug that is metabolised mainly by the hepatic mixed-function microsomal enzyme cytochrome P(450). Cigarette smoking in healthy volunteers has been reported to enhance quinine clearance. The present study evaluated the effects of smoking on quinine pha...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2002
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