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[Genetic polymorphism of the CYP2C subfamily].
Nihon yakurigaku zasshi. Folia pharmacologica Japonica - 1 Jul 1998
Chiba K
Abstract excerpt
Cytochromes P450 (CYP) are a superfamily of hemoproteins that metabolize various foreign compounds. The human CYP2C subfamily is one of the subfamilies of the CYP2 family and it consists of four members of CYP isoforms, CYP2C8, CYP2C9, CYP2C18 and CYP2C19. A well-characterized genetic polymorphism occurs in CYP2C19, which is associated with the 4'-hydroxylation of S-mephenytoin. There are two phenotypes,...
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