The Role of Paracellular Transport in the Intestinal Absorption and Biopharmaceutical Characterization of Minoxidil

    June 2022 in “ Pharmaceutics ”
    Milica Markovic, Moran Zur, Sapir Garsiani … Arik Dahan
    Studysummary This study found that paracellular transport significantly contributes to the intestinal permeability of minoxidil, suggesting its limited suitability as a Biopharmaceutics Classification System reference drug due to potential variability.
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