Article
N-acetylation of drugs. Pharmacogenetic studies in rabbits selected for their acetylator characteristics.
Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals - 1 Jan 2000
Weber W W, Miceli J N, Hearse D J, Drummond G S
Abstract excerpt
Studies on acetylation of sulfadiazine, isoniazid, and p-aminobenzoic acid in selected lines of slow and rapid acetylator rabbits are described. Pedigree analysis of rabbits classified as slow or rapid sulfadiazine acetylators confirmed previous studies that the rate of sulfadiazine elimination (acetylation) is genetically controlled, with rapid elimination dominant over slow elimination of the drug....
Topics
- Acetyltransferases
- Aminobenzoates
- Animals
- Female
- Kinetics
- Male
- Phenotype
- Rabbits
- Sulfadiazine
