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Bioavailability factors of isoniazid in fast and slow acetylators, healthy volunteers.
Acta poloniae pharmaceutica - 1 Jan 2000
Augustynowicz-Kopeć Ewa, Zwolska Zofia
Abstract excerpt
The INH metabolism mainly involves acetylation to acetyloisoniazid by a non inducible hepatic enzyme N-acetyltransferase. Examples of drugs acetylated by this enzymatic system are: isoniazid, sulphadimidine. hydrallazine, dapson and sulphapyridine. 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...
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