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Caffeine phenotyping of cytochrome P4501A2, N-acetyltransferase, and xanthine oxidase in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis.
Gut - 1 Feb 1995
Spigelman A D, Farmer K C, Oliver S, Nugent K P, Bennett P N, Notarianni L J, Dobrocky P, Phillips R K
Abstract excerpt
Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and age and sex matched controls were tested for cytochrome P4501A2 (CYP1A2), N-acetyltransferase, and xanthine oxidase activities using caffeine urinary metabolites as a discriminator. FAP patients showed significant underactivity of N-acetyltransferase (which inactivates some carcinogens) and significant overactivity of CYP1A2 (which activates some...
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