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Stereospecific analysis of omeprazole in human plasma as a probe for CYP2C19 phenotype.
Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis - 15 Jan 2003
Kanazawa Hideko, Okada Akiko, Higaki Megumu, Yokota Hiromitsu, Mashige Fumiko, Nakahara Kazuhiko
Abstract excerpt
Omeprazole is a class referred to as proton pump inhibitor; it acts to regulate acid production in the stomach and is used to treat various acid-related gastrointestinal disorders. In the liver, it is metabolized to varying degrees by several cytochrome P-450 (CYP) isoenzymes which are further categorized into subfamilies of related polymorphic gene products. The metabolism of omeprazole is to a large extent...
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