Article
Disposition of debrisoquine in Caucasians with different CYP2D6-genotypes including those with multiple genes.
Pharmacogenetics - 1 Dec 1999
Dalén P, Dahl M L, Eichelbaum M, Bertilsson L, Wilkinson G R
Abstract excerpt
Debrisoquine is a major prototypic in-vivo probe used to assess polymorphic CYP2D6 activity in humans, based on the 0-8 h urinary excretion of unchanged drug and its 4-hydroxy metabolite (the so-called metabolic ratio). The primary purpose of the study was to investigate further the relationship between genotype and phenotype by determining the overall disposition characteristics of the drug in selected groups of...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Area Under Curve
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6
- Debrisoquin
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- White People
