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Xenobiotica
the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
Volume 26, 1996 - Issue 10
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Original Article

Characterization of brimonidine metabolism with rat, rabbit, dog, monkey and human liver fractions and rabbit liver aldehyde oxidase

A. A. Acheampong Departments of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism, Allergan, 2525 Dupont Drive, Irvine, CA, 92713, USA
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D-S. Chien Miles Inc., West Haven, CT, 06516, USA
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S. Lam Departments of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism, Allergan, 2525 Dupont Drive, Irvine, CA, 92713, USA
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S. Vekich Departments of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism, Allergan, 2525 Dupont Drive, Irvine, CA, 92713, USA
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A. Breau Departments of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism, Allergan, 2525 Dupont Drive, Irvine, CA, 92713, USA
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J. Usansky Departments of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism, Allergan, 2525 Dupont Drive, Irvine, CA, 92713, USA
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D. Harcourt Departments of Synthetic Chemistry, Allergan, 2525 Dupont Drive, Irvine, CA, 92713, USA
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S. A. Munk Departments of Synthetic Chemistry, Allergan, 2525 Dupont Drive, Irvine, CA, 92713, USA
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H. Nguyen Departments of Synthetic Chemistry, Allergan, 2525 Dupont Drive, Irvine, CA, 92713, USA
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M. Garst Departments of Synthetic Chemistry, Allergan, 2525 Dupont Drive, Irvine, CA, 92713, USA
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D. Tang-Liu Departments of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism, Allergan, 2525 Dupont Drive, Irvine, CA, 92713, USA
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Pages 1035-1055 | Received 14 May 1996, Published online: 27 Aug 2009

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