DMPK Volume 17, Number 4, 2002

CONTENTS

Review

Transporter-mediated Drug Interactions
Akira TSUJI

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Regular Articles

Effects of Single and Repeated Treatment with Itraconazole on the Pharmacokinetics of Midazolam in Rats
Yasufumi SAWADA, Sayuri TAKEDOMI, Hirotami MATSUO, Katsuhiro YAMANO, Tatsuji IGA and Hisakazu OHTANI

275

Evaluation of Gastrointestinal Transit Characteristics of Oral Patch Preparation Using Caffeine as a Model Drug in Human Volunteers
Sudarat EAIMTRAKARN, Y. V. Rama PRASAD, Shivanand P. PUTHLI, Yukako YOSHIKAWA, Nobuhito SHIBATA and Kanji TAKADA

284

Nonlinear Pharmacokinetics of Aprindine in Guinea Pigs
Mikiko SHIMIZU, Toshikuni OHOTA, Mutumi KISHIDA and Hiroyasu OGATA

292

Characterization of Ligand Binding Sites on the α1-Acid Glycoprotein in Humans, Bovines and Dogs
Kazuaki MATSUMOTO, Katsuaki SUKIMOTO, Koji NISHI, Toru MARUYAMA, Ayaka SUENAGA and Masaki OTAGIRI

300

Analysis and Prediction of Absorption Behavior for Theophylline Orally Administered as Powders Based on Gastrointestinal-transit-Absorption (Gita) Model
Keitaro KADONO, Jun-ichi YOKOE, Ken-ichi OGAWARA, Kazutaka HIGAKI and Toshikiro KIMURA

307

Strategy for Structure Elucidation of Drug Metabolites Derived from Protonated Molecules and (MS)n Fragmentation of Zotepine, Tiaramide and their Metabolites
Zenzaburo TOZUKA, Hayato KANEKO, Toshifumi SHIRAGA, Yasuyuki MITANI, Akio KAWAMURA, Akira KAGAYAMA and Anri AOBA

316

Metallokinetic Study of Zinc in the Blood of Normal Rats Given Insulinomimetic Zinc(II) Complexes and Improvement of Diabetes Mellitus in Type 2 Diabetic GK Rats by their Oral Administration
Jun FUGONO, Keisuke FUJIMOTO, Hiroyuki YASUI, Kenji KAWABE, Yutaka YOSHIKAWA, Yoshitane KOJIMA and Hiromu SAKURAI

340

Molecular Characterization of Two Monkey Dihydrodiol Dehydrogenases
Yu HIGAKI, Takeshi KAMIYA, Noriyuki USAMI, Syunichi SHINTANI, Hiroaki SHIRAISHI, Shuhei ISHIKURA, Ikuo YAMAMOTO and Akira HARA

348

Note

Genotyping of the N-acetyltransferase2 Polymorphism in the Prediction of Adverse Drug Reactions to Isoniazid in Japanese Patients
Masahiro HIRATSUKA, Yukinaga KISHIKAWA, Yoh TAKEKUMA, Masaki MATSUURA, Kaori NARAHARA, Tomoko INOUE, Samar Ismail HAMDY, Naomi ENDO, Junichi GOTO and Michinao MIZUGAKI

357

Lack of Interaction Between Cefdinir and Calcium Polycarbophil: In vitro and In vivo Studies
Ryuji KATO, Kazuya OOI, Kazuya TAKEDA, Kohji MASHIMO, Yasuo FUJIMURA, Masaaki KUSUMOTO and Kazuyuki UENO

363

mRNA Expression and Amino Acid Transport Characteristics of Cultured Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells (hBME)
Nobuo UMEKI, Yoshiki FUKASAWA, Sumio OHTSUKI, Satoko HORI, Yuki WATANABE, Yoshiro KOHNO and Tetsuya TERASAKI

367

SNP Communication

Five Novel Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the CYP2C8 Gene, One of which Induces a Frame-shift
Akiko SOYAMA, Yoshiro SAITO, Kazuo KOMAMURA, Kazuyuki UENO, Shiro KAMAKURA, Shogo OZAWA and Jun-ichi SAWADA

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Instructions to Authors

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