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PRINCIPLES OF TOXICOLOGY - Biology East Borneo

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3.1 SITES <strong>OF</strong> BIOTRANSFORMATION 63Figure 3.5 Diagrammatic rendition of hepatic lobule blood flow.TABLE 3.2 Drug-Metabolizing Enzyme Activities a in Various OrgansLungIntestineMucosaLiverKidneyCortexBrainRabbitCytochrome P450 0.4 0.34 1.45 0.33 0.02UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (p-nitrophenol) b 0.4 — 6.6 2.9Glutathione S-transferase (DCNB) b 5.3 — 21.9 7.4RatCytochrome P450 0.09 0.05 0.84 0.12 0.01Ethoxyresorufin demethylase (P4501A) 0.003 0.001 0.034 0.001Erythromycin demethylase (P4503A) — 0.12 0.47 0.06UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (p-nitrophenol) b 0.8 — 4.4 3.3Glutathione S-transferase (DCNB) b 2.1 — 76.4 3.8a All activities are expressed on a per milligram of protein basis (DCNB = 1,2-dichloro 4-nitrobenzene).b Litterst CL, Mimnaugh EG, Reagan RL, Gram TE, Drug Metab. Disp. 3: 259 (1975).

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