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Accelerating cocaine metabolism as an approach to the treatment of cocaine abuse and toxicity.
Future medicinal chemistry - 1 Feb 2012
Schindler Charles W, Goldberg Steven R
Abstract excerpt
One pharmacokinetic approach to the treatment of cocaine abuse and toxicity involves the development of compounds that can be safely administered to humans and that accelerate the metabolism of cocaine to inactive components. Catalytic antibodies have been developed and shown to accelerate cocaine metabolism, but their catalytic efficiency for cocaine is relatively low. Mutations of human butyrylcholinesterase...
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