title: Is the role of the small intestine in first-pass metabolism overemphasized?
authors.affiliation: Drug Metabolism, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, USA. jiunn_lin@merck.com
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Baillie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption / Q000502:physiology*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations