Article
Identification of new human CYP2C19 alleles (CYP2C19*6 and CYP2C19*2B) in a Caucasian poor metabolizer of mephenytoin.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics - 1 Sept 1998
Ibeanu G C, Goldstein J A, Meyer U, Benhamou S, Bouchardy C, Dayer P, Ghanayem B I, Blaisdell J
Abstract excerpt
A genetic polymorphism in the metabolism of the anticonvulsant drug S-mephenytoin has been attributed to defective CYP2C19 alleles. This genetic polymorphism displays large interracial differences with the poor metabolizer (PM) phenotype representing 2-5% of Caucasian and 13-23% of Oriental popul...
Topics
- Alleles
- Anticonvulsants
- Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
- Humans
- Mephenytoin
- Mixed Function Oxygenases
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- White People
