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Pharmacokinetics of dextromethorphan and metabolites in humans: influence of the CYP2D6 phenotype and quinidine inhibition.
Journal of clinical psychopharmacology - 1 Aug 1995
Schadel M, Wu D, Otton S V, Kalow W, Sellers E M
Abstract excerpt
Dextromethorphan is primarily metabolized to dextrorphan by cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6), a genetically polymorphic enzyme in humans. Dextrorphan is an active metabolite that produces phencyclidine-like behavioral effects in animals and exhibits anticonvulsant and neuroprotective properties in a variety of experimental models. In these studies, we examined the effects of CYP2D6 phenotype and quinidine inhibition...
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