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Distribution of the major cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2C9 genetic variants in a Saudi population.
Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology - 1 Aug 2011
Mirghani Rajaa A, Chowdhary Gulnaz, Elghazali Gehad
Abstract excerpt
Cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2C9 is responsible for the metabolism of a number of widely used drugs such as oral anticoagulants, oral antidiabetics and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The CYP2C9 is a genetically polymorphic enzyme. The most common allele is CYP2C9*1, while CYP2C9*2 and CYP2C9*3 are the less-frequent variants. The activity of the enzyme encoded by either CYP2C9 *2 or *3 variant is lower compared...
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