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the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
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Research Article

Intracellular localization and metabolism of the phenanthridinium trypanocide, ethidium bromide, by isolated rat hepatocytes

J. N. A. TETTEY Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, OE Bioengineering Unit and Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, 27 Taylor Street, Glasgow G4 ONR, UK
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G. G. SKELLERN Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, OE Bioengineering Unit and Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, 27 Taylor Street, Glasgow G4 ONR, UK
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J. M. MIDGLEY Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, OE Bioengineering Unit and Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, 27 Taylor Street, Glasgow G4 ONR, UK
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M. H. GRANT Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, OE Bioengineering Unit and Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, 27 Taylor Street, Glasgow G4 ONR, UK
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R. WILKINSON Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, OE Bioengineering Unit and Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, 27 Taylor Street, Glasgow G4 ONR, UK
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A. R. PITT Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, OE Bioengineering Unit and Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, 27 Taylor Street, Glasgow G4 ONR, UK
Pages 349-360 | Published online: 22 Sep 2008

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