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Evaluation of cytochrome P450 2D6 phenotyping in healthy adult Western Indians.
Indian journal of pharmacology - 1 Jan 2000
Gogtay Nithya J, Mali Nitin B, Iyer Krishna, Kadam Prashant P, Sridharan Kannan, Shrimal Divya, Thatte Urmila M
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BACKGROUND: Cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) metabolizes around 25% of the drugs used in therapeutics and different polymorphisms have been identified in various populations. This study aimed at finding the prevalence of CYP2D6 polymorphisms using dextromethorphan as a probe drug. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Healthy participants were administered 60 mg dextromethorphan after an overnight fast and 5 ml of blood was...
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