Article
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...
Topics
- Adult
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
- Dextromethorphan
- Dextrorphan
- Female
- Half-Life
- Humans
