Article
Polymorphic 2-hydroxylation of desipramine. A population and family study.
European journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Jan 1993
Dahl M L, Iselius L, Alm C, Svensson J O, Lee D, Johansson I, Ingelman-Sundberg M, Sjöqvist F
Abstract excerpt
We have studied desipramine hydroxylation capacity, determined as the metabolic ratio of desipramine to 2-hydroxydesipramine in the urine after a single oral dose of 10 mg of desipramine, in 340 Swedish Caucasians, including the members of 45 two-generation families. Desipramine metabolic ratios...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic
- Child
- Debrisoquin
- Desipramine
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Genotype
- Humans
- Hydroxylation
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Sweden
