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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 395912, 8 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/395912
Research Article

Drug-Drug Interactions Potential of Icariin and Its Intestinal Metabolites via Inhibition of Intestinal UDP-Glucuronosyltransferases

Yun-Feng Cao,1,2 Rong-Rong He,3 Jun Cao,4 Jian-Xing Chen,1 Ting Huang,1 and Yong Liu2

1Key Laboratory of Contraceptives and Devices Research (NPFPC), Shanghai Engineer and Technology Research Center of Reproductive Health Drug and Devices, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Shanghai 200032, China
2Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Resource Discovery, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
3Pharmacy College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
4Occupational and Environmental Health Department, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China

Received 19 July 2012; Accepted 14 September 2012

Academic Editor: Gerhard Litscher

Copyright © 2012 Yun-Feng Cao et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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