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Determination of coumarin metabolism in Turkish population.
Human & experimental toxicology - 1 Apr 2001
Cok I, Aygün Kocabaş N, Cholerton S, Karakaya A E, Sardaş S
Abstract excerpt
Cytochrome P450 2A6 is an important human hepatic P450 which activates precarcinogens and oxidizes some drug constituents such as coumarin, halothane, and the major nicotine C-oxidase. Genetic polymorphism exists in the CYP2A6 gene. CYP2A6*1 (wild type) is responsible for the 7-hydroxylation of coumarin. The point mutation (T to A) in codon 160 leads to a single amino acid substitution (Leu to His) and the...
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