title: General linear compartment model with zero input: I. Kinetic equations.
abstract: The derivation of kinetic equations is described for n-compartment linear models, in which the substance may be simultaneously introduced into one or more compartments at t = 0 and eliminated from any compartment. For a given zero-input, general formulas are derived which describe the amount of tracer in any of the compartments as a function of time and the model parameters. New algorithms have been developed which allow the expression of the kinetic equations.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química-Fisica, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Varón
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: García-Meseguer
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: García-Cánovas
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Havsteen
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004798:Enzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D016014:Linear Models
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes