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Endogenous codeine and morphine in poor and extensive metabolisers of the CYP2D6 (debrisoquine/sparteine) polymorphism.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics - 1 Feb 1994
Mikus G, Bochner F, Eichelbaum M, Horak P, Somogyi A A, Spector S
Abstract excerpt
Codeine and morphine are endogenous substances. Following administration of exogenous codeine the biotransformation to morphine is catalyzed by CYP2D6, which exhibits a genetic so-called debrisoquine/sparteine polymorphism which is expressed in two phenotypes, the extensive and poor metaboliser phenotypes. Poor metabolisers form only trace amounts of morphine. If endogenous morphine is biosynthesised in humans...
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