Interethnic variation of drug metabolism.

doi:10.1016/0165-6147(91)90516-u

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Interethnic variation of drug metabolism.

Trends in pharmacological sciences - 1 Mar 1991

Kalow W

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There are many examples of differences between ethnically defined populations with regard to drug-metabolizing enzymes i.e. enzymes that serve as defences against exogenous chemicals. The prevalence of variants of enzymes such as monooxygenases, dehydrogenases, esterases and some transferases is...

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Ethnicity
Humans
Pharmaceutical Preparations

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