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Toxicology of the gastrointestinal tract
Introduction: the gastrointestinal (GI) tract as a barrier and as an absorptive and metabolic organ -- Methods for the analysis of gastrointestinal function -- Safety pharmacology and the GI tract -- Gastronintestinal tract development and its importance in toxicology -- The GI tract as major route of pharmaceutical administration -- Gastrointestinal function and toxicology in canines -- Absorption of macromolecules by mammalian intestinal epithelium -- Peyer's patch epithelium: an imperfect barrier -- Alteration of intestinal function by xenobiotic exposure: animal models -- Intestinal absorption and metabolism of xenobiotics in laboratory animals -- Normal and abnormal intestinal absorption by humans -- Intestinal absorption and metabolism of xenobiotics in humans
Includes bibliographical references and index.