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In vitro reaction phenotyping studies on rifamycins to explain the auto-induction of rifabutin metabolism.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Feb 2012
Prasad B, Singh S
Abstract excerpt
A study was carried out to establish the relative contribution of human cytochrome P450 (CYP450) enzymes in the metabolism of rifampicin (RMP), rifapentine (RPT) and rifabutin (RFB). It involved the incubation of the three drugs in five major CYP450 isoforms. Both RMP and RPT showed minimal metabolism by CYP450 enzymes, whereas RFB showed extensive metabolic degradation by CYP3A4. A known inducer of CYP3A4, RFB...
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