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Fluorescent Nanoparticles for the Measurement of Ion Concentration in Biological Systems
Published on: July 4, 2011
[A new fluorometric method for the determination of drugs in biological material (author's transl)]
Arzneimittel-Forschung
|January 1, 1976
Abstract:
A description is given of a new method for fluorometric determination of drugs in biological material. The assay is based on photochemical transformation of non-fluorescent compounds in fluorophors by short-wave UV light. The pharmacokinetics of the 2-[4-(4'-chlorophenoxy)-phenoxy]-propionic acid (HCG 004) serves as an example to demonstrate the usefulness of this method; reference is also made to analogously successful studies of other drugs.
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