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The effects of alcohol and diallyl sulphide on CYP2E1 activity in humans: a phenotyping study using chlorzoxazone.
Human & experimental toxicology - 1 Jul 2001
Loizou G D, Cocker J
Abstract excerpt
The effects of acute administration of dietary levels of ethanol and the garlic oil extract, diallyl sulphide (DAS), on cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) activity in volunteers were studied using the selective probe substrate, chlorzoxazone (CZX). The ratio of the CZX metabolite 6- hydroxychlorzoxazone (6-OHCZX) to CZX was taken to indicate CYP2E1 activity. The mean differences between the baseline and DAS-treated...
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