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Assessment of CYP1A2 activity in clinical practice: why, how, and when?
Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology - 1 Sept 2005
Faber Mirko S, Jetter Alexander, Fuhr Uwe
Abstract excerpt
The cytochrome P450 enzyme CYP1A2 mediates the rate-limiting step in the metabolism of many drugs including theophylline, clozapine, and tacrine as well as in the bioactivation of procarcinogens. CYP1A2 activity shows both pronounced intra- and interindividual variability, which is, among other factors, related to smoking causing enzyme induction, to drug intake and to dietary factors which may result in...
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