Prodrugs [electronic resource] : challenges and rewards / Valentino J. Stella [and others], editors.

Prodrugs are substances administered in an inactive form that is then metabolized in the body in vivo into the active compound. The rationale behind administering prodrugs is to optimize absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of these drugs. Since first described in the 1950s, prodrugs...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors:	Stella, Valentino J., 1946-
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Springer : AAPS Press, ©2007.
Series:	Biotechnology (Arlington, Va.) ; v. 5.
Subjects:	Prodrugs.