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Distribution of acetyltransferase activities in the intestines of rapid and slow acetylator rabbits.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Aug 1991
Ilett K F, Reeves P T, Minchin R F, Kinnear B F, Watson H F, Kadlubar F F
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Epidemiological studies have shown that there is a significantly greater proportion of the rapid acetylator phenotype in patients with colorectal tumors than in controls; phenotype-related differences in bioactivation of dietary or environmental amines in the intestinal epithelium have been suggested as a mechanism for this effect. In the present study, we have used hepatic and intestinal cytosols to compare...
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