Human targeted phenobarbital presents a poor substrate of gut microbiome deciphering new drug targets beyond pharmacokinetic curbs

• Main Authors: Imran Mukhtar (Author), Haseeb Anwar (Author), Arslan Iftikhar (Author), Heba E. Hashem (Author), Qasim Ali (Author), Farhan Siddique (Author)
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• Udgivet: BMC, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background The gut microbiome, a new organ of the body, can potentially alter the pharmacokinetics of orally administered drugs through microbial enzymes. However, absorption of orally administered non-antibiotic drugs by the gut microbiome, during drug-microbiome interaction, is barely add...