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Acetylation polymorphism of caffeine in a Japanese population.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Sept 1992
Hashiguchi M, Ebihara A
Abstract excerpt
The frequency distribution of N-acetylation of caffeine was determined in 140 unrelated healthy Japanese subjects by measuring the amount of two main metabolites of caffeine, 5-acetylamino-6-formyl-amino-3-methyluracil (AFMU) and 1-methylxanthine (1X), in urine after an oral dose of caffeine. N-Acetylation capacity for caffeine appeared to be polymorphic: 15 subjects (10.7%) were phenotyped as slow acetylators,...
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