Article
Evidence for a role of cytochrome P450 2D6 and 3A4 in ethylmorphine metabolism.
British journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Jan 1995
Liu Z, Mortimer O, Smith C A, Wolf C R, Rane A
Abstract excerpt
Ethylmorphine is metabolised by N-demethylation (to norethylmorphine) and by O-deethylation (to morphine). The O-deethylation reaction was previously shown in vivo to co-segregate with the O-demethylation of dextromethorphan indicating that ethylmorphine is a substrate of polymorphic cytochrome P450(CYP)2D6. To study further the features of ethylmorphine metabolism we investigated its N-demethylation and...
Topics
- Adult
- Blotting, Western
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
- Ethylmorphine
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Microsomes, Liver
