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Preclinical Pharmacodynamics of Central Nervous System Active Agents
In preclinical drug development power spectral analysis of drug induced changes in the electroencephalogram (EEG) is often used to characterize the pharmacological properties of new psychotropic drugs. In this...
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Determination of Benzodiazepines: The Present-Day Scene
Methods that have been used for determining benzodiazepines in biological fluids include GC, HPLC, direct DPP, RIA and RRA methods*, of which GC, HPLC and RRA have proved the most valuable in clinical research...
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Urinary metabolite profile of antipyrine as a tool in the assessment of oxidative drug metabolizing capacity of man
It is a well-established phenomenon that great differences in intensity and duration of drug response may arise between individual patients when the same dose of a drug is given to each patient. Such interindi...