TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Absorption, Distribution, and Clearance A1 - Stringer, Janet L. PY - 2017 T2 - Basic Concepts in Pharmacology: What You Need to Know for Each Drug Class, 5e AB - The liver is a metabolic machine and often inactivates drugs on their way from the GI tract to the body. This is called the first-pass effect. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1142820502 ER -