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Animal Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism

Pharmacokinetic determination of ephedrine in Herba Ephedrae and Wu Tou Tang decoctions in rats using ultra performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

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Pages 775-783 | Received 06 Dec 2011, Accepted 16 Jan 2012, Published online: 21 Feb 2012

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