Article
[Bioavailability of isoniazid in healthy volunteers--fast and slow INH acetylators].
Pneumonologia i alergologia polska - 1 Jan 2002
Augustynowicz-Kopeć Ewa, Zwolska Zofia, Niemirowska-Mikulska Hanna
Abstract excerpt
The major pathway for INH metabolism is acetylation of acetyloisoniazid by a noninducible hepatic enzyme N-acetyltransferase. Examples of drugs acetylated by this enzymatic system are: isoniazid, sulphadimidine, hydralazine, dapson and sulphapiridine. The rate of acetylation is constant in any individual but varies in different patients. People are characterized as rapid or slow acetylators with slow acetylation...
Topics
- Acetylation
- Adult
- Antitubercular Agents
- Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase
- Biological Availability
- Humans
- Isoniazid
- Mycobacterium
- Phenotype
- Reference Values
- Reproducibility of Results
