These isoenzymes are a major determinant of the pharmacokinetic behavior of numerous …

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Cytochrome P450 isoenzymes (CYPs)
• Genetic polymorphism
• Drug Drug interaction
• Enzyme induction
• Enzyme inhibiton
• CYP1A 2, CYP2C 9, CYP2C 19, CYP2D 6, CYP2E 1 & CYP3A 4
• Conclusion
• References
• Figure
• Tables

Biology Articles » Biochemistry » Enzymology » Cytochrome P450 enzyme isoforms and their therapeutic implications: An update

Abstract

- Cytochrome P450 enzyme isoforms and their therapeutic implications: An update

Cytochrome P450 enzyme isoforms and their therapeutic implications: An update

Kalra Bhupinder Singh

Department of Pharmacology, Maulana Azad Medical College, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi - 110 002, India

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Kalra Bhupinder Singh
Department of Pharmacology, Maulana Azad Medical College, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi - 110 002
India
drbskalra@gmail.com

Clinicians should be cognizant of potential drug drug interactions and become familiar with the substrates, inhibitors and inducers of the common enzymatic pathways responsible for drug metabolism. Our knowledge of and ability to predict drug interactions have improved with growing understanding of substrates, inhibitors and inducers of cytochrome P450 (CYP-450) isoenzymes. These isoenzymes are a major determinant of the pharmacokinetic behavior of numerous drugs. In addition to inhibition and induction, microsomal drug metabolism is affected by genetic polymorphisms, age, nutrition, hepatic disease and endogenous chemicals. Prescribing physicians by understanding the unique characteristics of these isoenymes may better anticipate and manage drug drug interactions.

Keywords: Cytochrome P450, drug interaction, enzyme inhibitor

Indian J Med Sci 2007;61:102-116.