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Cysteine S-conjugates may act as kidney-selective prodrugs: formation of 6-mercaptopurine by the renal metabolism of S-(6-purinyl)-L-cysteine.

I Y Hwang and A A Elfarra
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics November 1989, 251 (2) 448-454;
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Abstract

Cysteine S-conjugates may act as kidney-selective prodrugs: formation of 6-mercaptopurine by the renal metabolism of S-(6-purinyl)-L-cysteine.

I Y Hwang and A A Elfarra
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics November 1, 1989, 251 (2) 448-454;
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