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Minoxidil sulphation in human liver and platelets. A study of interindividual variability.
European journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Jan 1993
Pacifici G M, Bigotti R, Marchi G, Giuliani L
Abstract excerpt
Minoxidil requires to be sulphated to exert its hypotensive effect. We report on interindividual variability in the rate of minoxidil sulphation in 118 specimens of human liver and in platelets obtained from 100 healthy subjects and 100 newborns. The frequency distribution histogram of the hepatic activity of minoxidil sulphotransferase was positively skewed; the mean was 631 pmol.min-1 x mg-1. After logarithmic...
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