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Dextromethorphan O-demethylation polymorphism in an African-American population.
European journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Aug 1999
He N, Daniel H I, Hajiloo L, Shockley D
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: One hundred eighty-one (97 F, 84 M) unrelated healthy African-American subjects (aged 18-41 years) were phenotyped based on their dextromethorphan (DMP) O-demethylation ability. METHODS: Each subject was given 15 mg DMP orally and collected 8-h urine. The concentrations of DMP and its metabolite dextrophan (DOP) were determined by HPLC with ultraviolet detection. Metabolic ratio (MR) was expressed as...
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