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Geographical/interracial differences in polymorphic drug oxidation. Current state of knowledge of cytochromes P450 (CYP) 2D6 and 2C19.
Clinical pharmacokinetics - 1 Sept 1995
Bertilsson L
Abstract excerpt
The isoenzymes which catalyse the polymorphic hydroxylations of debrisoquine/sparteine and S-mephenytoin are cytochromes P450 2D6 and P450 2C19 (CYP2D6 and CYP2C19), respectively. CYP2D6 is involved in the stereospecific metabolism of several important groups of drugs, for example antiarrhythmics, antidepressants and neuroleptics. About 7% of Caucasians but only 1% of Orientals are poor metabolisers (PMs) of...
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