Article
Metoprolol oxidation polymorphism in a Korean population: comparison with native Japanese and Chinese populations.
British journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Oct 1991
Sohn D R, Shin S G, Park C W, Kusaka M, Chiba K, Ishizaki T
Abstract excerpt
We examined metoprolol oxidation capacity in 218 unrelated, healthy Korean subjects using the 8 h urinary metabolic ratio (MR) of metoprolol to alpha-hydroxymetoprolol after an oral dose of 100 mg metoprolol tartrate. The results were compared with those from 295 Japanese and 107 mainland Chinese whose metoprolol oxidation capacities were assessed in a similar manner. The frequency of occurrence of poor...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Asian People
- China
- Ethnicity
- Female
- Humans
- Japan
- Korea
- Male
- Metoprolol
- Oxidation-Reduction
