Article
Pharmacogenetics and polymorphism of human P-450 which activates and detoxicates xenobiotics and carcinogens.
Princess Takamatsu symposia - 1 Jan 1990
Kato R, Yamazoe Y, Yasumori T
Abstract excerpt
Stereoselective hydroxylation of mephenytoin is expressed polymorphically in the Japanese population: the occurrence of the poor metabolizer was approximately 20% in Japanese, which was 5 to 8 times higher than that in Caucasians. Microsomal 4'-hydroxylation of S-mephenytoin, but not of R-mephenytoin, was correlated to the content of cytochrome P-450 human-2. P-450 human-2 cDNA was cloned and expressed in yeast...
Topics
- Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases
- Benzo(a)pyrene
- Carcinogens
- Cyclophosphamide
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
- Hexobarbital
- Humans
- Japan
- Microsomes, Liver
- Mixed Function Oxygenases
