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Identification of human cytochrome P450 2D6 as major enzyme involved in the O-demethylation of the designer drug p-methoxymethamphetamine.
Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals - 1 Apr 2004
Staack Roland F, Theobald Denis S, Paul Liane D, Springer Dietmar, Kraemer Thomas, Maurer Hans H
Abstract excerpt
p-Methoxymethamphetamine (PMMA) is a new designer drug, listed in many countries as a controlled substance. Several fatalities have been attributed to the abuse of this designer drug. Previous in vivo studies using Wistar rats had shown that PMMA was metabolized mainly by O-demethylation. The aim of the study presented here was to identify the human hepatic cytochrome P450 (P450) enzymes involved in the...
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